See also: Eunuch

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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

  • enPR: yo͞oʹnək, IPA(key): /ˈjuː.nək/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eu‧nuch

Noun edit

eunuch (plural eunuchs)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.

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eunuch m anim

  1. eunuch

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /œy̯ˈnʏx/, /œy̯ˈnyx/, /øː-/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eu‧nuch
  • Rhymes: -ʏx

Noun edit

eunuch m (plural eunuchen, diminutive eunuchje n)

  1. A eunuch (castrated man).
  2. A eunuch (castrated male harem guard).

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]

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eunuch (plural eunuchok)

  1. eunuch (a castrated human male)
  2. eunuch (a harem guard)

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
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

  1. ^ 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)

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin eunūchus.

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eunuch m pers

  1. castrato, eunuch (castrated human male)
    Synonyms: kastrat, rzezaniec, trzebieniec
  2. (historical) eunuch (such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state)
  3. (derogatory) impotent (person incapable of taking a particular type of action that the situation requires)
    Synonym: impotent

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Further reading edit

  • eunuch in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • eunuch in Polish dictionaries at PWN