junak
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See also junák
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Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /jǔnaːk/
- Hyphenation: ju‧nak
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Serbo-Croatian "-ak"). Cognate with Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Czech jonák (Moravian Czech junák), Polish junak, Bulgarian юнак.
Noun [edit]
jùnāk m (Cyrillic spelling ју̀на̄к)
- (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 [edit]
declension of junak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jùnāk | junáci |
| genitive | junáka | junaka |
| dative | junaku | junacima |
| accusative | junaka | junake |
| vocative | jȕnāče | junaci |
| locative | junaku | junacima |
| instrumental | junakom | junacima |
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
