Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ, parsable as юн (jun, juvenile) (obsolete) +‎ -ак (-ak).

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юна́к (junákm (feminine юнаки́ня, relational adjective юна́чен or юна́ков or юна́шки, diminutive юна́че)

  1. (originally) young lad
    1. hero, male champion
      Synonym: геро́й (gerój)
    2. brave, daring man; lionheart

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  • юнак”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • юнак”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak junák, from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. Cognate with Slovak junák. Semantic loan from Serbo-Croatian јунакjunak.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjunak]
  • Rhymes: -unak
  • Hyphenation: юнак

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юнак (junakm pers (related adjective юнацки)

  1. hero, brave or strong man
    Near-synonym: герой (heroj)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. From Proto-Slavic *junъ (young) + *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix). Cognate with Bulgarian юна́к (junák), Czech jonák (Moravian junák), Polish junak.

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  • IPA(key): [jʊˈnak]
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юна́к (junákm pers (genitive юнака́, nominative plural юнаки́, genitive plural юнакі́в, feminine юна́чка, relational adjective юна́цький or юна́чий or юнакі́в)

  1. young man

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