eunuch
See also: Eunuch
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English eunuk, from Middle French eunuque, from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, keep”). Originally probably used to refer to a bed chamber attendant.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eunuch (plural eunuchs)
- A castrated human male.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.
- Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
- He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch,
And in my Sarell tend my Concubines
- (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
castrated human male
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such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
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Czech edit
Noun edit
eunuch m anim
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- eunuuk (dated, superseded)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eunuch m (plural eunuchen, diminutive eunuchje n)
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: eunug
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From German Eunuch, from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos, “castrated man, eunuch, harem guard”), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, keep”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eunuch (plural eunuchok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | eunuch | eunuchok |
accusative | eunuchot | eunuchokat |
dative | eunuchnak | eunuchoknak |
instrumental | eunuchhal | eunuchokkal |
causal-final | eunuchért | eunuchokért |
translative | eunuchhá | eunuchokká |
terminative | eunuchig | eunuchokig |
essive-formal | eunuchként | eunuchokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | eunuchban | eunuchokban |
superessive | eunuchon | eunuchokon |
adessive | eunuchnál | eunuchoknál |
illative | eunuchba | eunuchokba |
sublative | eunuchra | eunuchokra |
allative | eunuchhoz | eunuchokhoz |
elative | eunuchból | eunuchokból |
delative | eunuchról | eunuchokról |
ablative | eunuchtól | eunuchoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
eunuché | eunuchoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
eunuchéi | eunuchokéi |
Possessive forms of eunuch | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | eunuchom | eunuchjaim |
2nd person sing. | eunuchod | eunuchjaid |
3rd person sing. | eunuchja | eunuchjai |
1st person plural | eunuchunk | eunuchjaink |
2nd person plural | eunuchotok | eunuchjaitok |
3rd person plural | eunuchjuk | eunuchjaik |
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- eunuch in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- eunuch in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin eunūchus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eunuch m pers
- castrato, eunuch (castrated human male)
- Synonyms: kastrat, rzezaniec, trzebieniec
- (historical) eunuch (such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state)
- (derogatory) impotent (person incapable of taking a particular type of action that the situation requires)
- Synonym: impotent
Declension edit
Declension of eunuch
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