јунак
Macedonian
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editјунак • (junak) m (plural јунаци, feminine јунакиња, relational adjective јуначки, diminutive јуначе, augmentative јуначиште)
- brave man
- (literature) hero (the bearer of the action, a character in a literary work)
- Synonym: херој (heroj)
- (colloquial) young man, young lad
- (colloquial) son, grandson
- Еве го мојот јунак. ― Eve go mojot junak. ― Here is my son/grandson. (depends on the context)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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indefinite | јунак (junak) | јунаци (junaci) |
definite unspecified | јунакот (junakot) | јунаците (junacite) |
definite proximal | јунаков (junakov) | јунациве (junacive) |
definite distal | јунакон (junakon) | јунацине (junacine) |
vocative | јунаку (junaku) | јунаци (junaci) |
count form | — | јунака (junaka) |
References
edit- “јунак” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. 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
editNoun
editју̀на̄к m (Latin spelling jùnāk)
- (archaic) young man
- (by semantic narrowing) soldier [Attested from 1399 onward.]
- (thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man [Attested from XVI century onward.]
- (archaic) husband
- (archaic) servant
- (literary) brave horse of a hero
Declension
editDeclension of јунак
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:junak.
Further reading
edit- “јунак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian nouns
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- Macedonian nouns with final palatalization in their plural forms
- mk:Male people
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