momak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century.[1](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǒmak/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧mak

Noun

mòmak m anim (Cyrillic spelling мо̀мак)

  1. a young man, lad
    Synonym: dječak/dečak
  2. boyfriend

Declension

Declension of momak
singular plural
nominative mòmak mòmci / mȍmci
genitive mòmka momákā
dative mòmku mòmcima
accusative mòmka mòmke
vocative mȏmče mȏmci
locative mòmku mòmcima
instrumental mòmkom mòmcima

Derived terms

  • momčàdija
  • mòmče
  • momačka večer

See also

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2021), “momak”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume II: O – Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 629

Further reading

  • momak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026