леґиньчок

From леґинь (leginʹ) +‎ -чок (-čok). Compare Carpathian Rusyn леґiньчук (leginʹčuk).

• IPA^(key): [lɛˈɡiɲt͡ʃɔk]
• Rhymes: -iɲt͡ʃɔk
• Hyphenation: ле‧ґинь‧чок

леґиньчок (leginʹčok) m pers (possessive adjective леґиньчков)

1. diminutive of леґинь (leginʹ): young guy, young man

   Synonyms: хлапец (xlapec), хлапчиско (xlapčisko)

   Near-synonym: леґинь (leginʹ)

2. an older boy

• This is one of a limited number of nouns suffixed by -чок (-čok), where the nominative and vocative plural form is -чкове (-čkove), as opposed to the expected -чки (-čki).

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “момчад”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 674
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “момчић, момчуљак и момчурак”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 675
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “леґиньчок”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy