Bulgarian

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós).

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мона́х (monáhm (feminine монахи́ня, relational adjective мона́шески)

  1. monk, monastic, friar
    Synonym: калу́гер (kalúger)

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References

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  • монах”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • монах”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔnax]
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монах (monahm (feminine монахиња, relational adjective монашки)

  1. monk

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Russian

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Borrowed from Russian Old Church Slavonic монахъ (monaxŭ), from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, monk, (originally) solitary).

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мона́х (monáxm anim (genitive мона́ха, nominative plural мона́хи, genitive plural мона́хов, feminine мона́хиня or мона́шка, relational adjective мона́шеский)

  1. monk
    • 1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], chapter III, in Чёрный монах; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Black Monk, 1917:
      По́сле у́жина, когда́ уе́хали го́сти, он пошё́л к себе́ в ко́мнату и лёг на дива́н: ему́ хоте́лось ду́мать о мона́хе.
      Pósle úžina, kogdá ujéxali gósti, on pošól k sebé v kómnatu i ljog na diván: jemú xotélosʹ dúmatʹ o monáxe.
      After supper, when the visitors had gone, he went to his room and lay down on the sofa: he wanted to think about the monk.

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  • Ingrian: manahka
  • Komi-Zyrian: манак (manak)
  • Skolt Sami: manah

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /mǒnax/
  • Hyphenation: мо‧нах

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мо̀нах m (Latin spelling mònah)

  1. monk, monastic (especially Orthodox)

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Ukrainian

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мона́х (monáxm pers (genitive мона́ха, nominative plural мона́хи, genitive plural мона́хів, feminine мона́хиня or мона́шка)

  1. monk
    Synonym: черне́ць (černécʹ)

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