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 (diminutive junaczek)

  1. (dialectal) gay blade
    Synonyms: chojrak, chwat, śmiałek, zuch

Declension
Declension of junak
singular plural
nominative junak junacy/junaki (depreciative)
genitive junaka junaków
dative junakowi junakom
accusative junaka junaków
instrumental junakiem junakami
locative junaku junakach
vocative junaku junacy
adjective
  • junacki

Further reading
  • junak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • junak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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

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 using this term, see Citations:junak.

Derived terms
  • superjunak

See also

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /junàːk/

Noun

junák m anim (female equivalent junákinja)

  1. hero
    Synonym: heroj

References
  • “junak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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