младенец

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moldenьcь. By surface analysis, младя́ (mladjá, “to juvenate”) +‎ -енец (-enec).

• IPA^(key): [mɫɐdɛˈnɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡s
• Syllabification^(key): мла‧де‧нец

младене́ц • (mladenéc) m (diminutive младе́нче)

1. newly born, infant
2. (dialectal, colloquial) youngster

   Synonyms: младо́к (mladók), младе́ж (mladéž)

3. (figurative) bachelor, young man (either unmarried or married just recently)

• младеня́к (mladenják) — with suffix -як (-jak) instead of -ец (-ec)
• младе́нищ (mladéništ) — obsolete, with diminutive suffix -ищ (-išt)

• “младенец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “младенец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “младене́ць, -нци”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 71
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “младенец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 153

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moldenьcь, from *moldъ (“young”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɫadɛnɛt͡s]

младенец • (mladenec) m (plural младенци, diminutive младенче)

1. newborn, infant
2. bridegroom

• For the meaning of newborn usually the diminutive form младенче (mladenče) is used.

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic младьньць (mladĭnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *moldenьcь. By surface analysis, младо́й (mladój) +‎ -енец (-enec).

• IPA^(key): [mɫɐˈdʲenʲɪt͡s]

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младе́нец • (mladénec) m anim (genitive младе́нца, nominative plural младе́нцы, genitive plural младе́нцев, relational adjective младе́нческий)

1. infant, baby