junak

See also: junák

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈju.nak/

Noun

junak m pers (diminutive junaczek)

  1. (dialectal) gay blade

Declension
declension of junak
singular plural
nominative junak junacy
genitive junaka junaków
dative junakowi junakom
accusative junaka junaków
instrumental junakiem junakami
locative junaku junakach
vocative junaku junacy

Synonyms
  • (adjective) junacki

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jǔnaːk/
  • Hyphenation: ju‧nak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Serbo-Croatian "-ak"). Cognate with Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Czech jonák (Moravian Czech junák), Polish junak, Bulgarian юнак (junak).

Noun

jùnāk m (Cyrillic spelling ју̀на̄к)

  1. (archaic) young man
  2. (by semantic narrowing) soldier, knight, warrior [Attested from 1399 onward.]
  3. (thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man [Attested from XVI century onward.]
  4. (archaic) husband
  5. (archaic) servant
  6. (literary) brave horse of a hero

Declension
Declension of junak
singular plural
nominative jùnāk junáci
genitive junáka junaka
dative junaku junacima
accusative junaka junáke
vocative jȕnāče junáci
locative junaku junacima
instrumental junakom junacima

Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:junak.
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