јунак

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *junakъ, from *junъ (young) + *-akъ (inherited into -ак (-ak)). Compare јунец (junec, bullock). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Bulgarian юна́к (junák), Slovak jonák, Polish junak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjunak]

Noun

јунак (junak) m (plural јунаци, feminine јунакиња, related adjective јуначки, diminutive јуначе, augmentative јуначиште)

  1. hero
  2. young man

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jǔnaːk/
  • Hyphenation: ју‧нак

Noun

ју̀на̄к m (Latin spelling jùnāk)

  1. (archaic) young man
  2. (by semantic narrowing) soldier [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

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:junak.
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