junak
See also: junák
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈju.nak/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -unak
- Syllabification: ju‧nak
Noun
junak m pers (female equivalent junaczka, diminutive junaczek, related adjective junacki)
- (dialectal) gay blade
- (historical) member of any of several youth or paramilitary organisations in Poland, e.g. the JHP, SP or OHP
Declension
Declension of junak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | junak | junacy/junaki (deprecative) |
| genitive | junaka | junaków |
| dative | junakowi | junakom |
| accusative | junaka | junaków |
| instrumental | junakiem | junakami |
| locative | junaku | junakach |
| vocative | junaku | junacy |
Further reading
- junak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- junak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Serbo-Croatian -ak). First attested in the 14th century.*[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jǔnaːk/
- Hyphenation: ju‧nak
Noun
jùnāk m anim (Cyrillic spelling ју̀на̄к, female equivalent junàkinja, augmentative junačina)
- (archaic) young man
- (by semantic narrowing) soldier, knight, warrior [Attested from 1399 onward.]
- (thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man [Attested from XVI century onward.]
- (archaic) husband
- (literary) brave horse of a hero
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jùnāk | junáci |
| genitive | junáka | junákā |
| dative | junáku | junácima |
| accusative | junáka | junáke |
| vocative | jȕnāče | jȕnāci |
| locative | junáku | junácima |
| instrumental | junákom | junácima |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:junak.
Derived terms
- superjunak
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “junak”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I: A – Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 410
Further reading
- “junak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /junàːk/
Noun
junák m anim (female equivalent junákinja)