момък

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, мома́ (momá, “maiden”) +‎ -ък (-ǎk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔmɐk]

Noun

мо́мък • (mómǎk) m (feminine мома́)

1. young man, youth, lad, swain
2. unmarried man, bachelor

   Synonym: ерген (ergen)

3. (dialectal) male mate, assistant, servant

Declension

Declension of мо́мък

	singular	plural
indefinite	мо́мък mómǎk	момци́ momcí
definite (subject form)	мо́мъкът mómǎkǎt	момци́те momcíte
definite (object form)	мо́мъка mómǎka
count form	—	мо́мъка mómǎka
vocative form	мо́мко mómko	момци́ momcí

Alternative forms

• момо́к (momók) — dialectal
• (augmentative) мома́к (momák), (diminutive) моме́ц (moméc)

Derived terms

nouns

• (diminutive) мо́мко (mómko)
• (originally a diminutive) момче́ (momčé, “boy”)

 

personal names

• Мо́мо (Mómo)
• Момчи́л (Momčíl)

 

adjectives

• мо́мков (mómkov)

 

References

• “момък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “момък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “момъкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 80
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “момък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 230