инок

Bulgarian

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Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós)calq.

Old Church Slavonic инокъ (inokŭ)

Bulgarian инок

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic инокъ (inokŭ), itself a calque of Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós). By surface analysis, ин (in, “one, separated, alone”) +‎ -ок (-ok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈnɔk]
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification^(key): и‧нок
• Hyphenation^(key): инок

Noun

ино́к • (inók) m (feminine иноки́ня, relational adjective ино́чески)

1. (archaic) monk, friar

   Synonyms: калу́гер (kalúger), мона́х (monáh)

   Инок не ща да ставам, а – юнак. ― Inok ne šta da stavam, a – junak. ― I don't want to become a monk, but rather — a hero.

Declension

Declension of ино́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	ино́к inók	ино́ци inóci
definite (subject form)	ино́кът inókǎt	ино́ците inócite
definite (object form)	ино́ка inóka
vocative form	ино́ко inóko	ино́ци inóci

Derived terms

adjectives

• ино́чески (inóčeski)

adverbs

• ино́чески (inóčeski)

nouns

• иноки́ня (inokínja)
• ино́чество (inóčestvo)

Related terms

nouns

• иностан (inostan)

References

• “инок”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “инок”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• “инок”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “инок”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “инок”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “инок”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 80
• Nayden Gerov (1897), “ино́къ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 328
• “инокъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Anagrams

• кино (kino), кино- (kino-)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic инокъ (inokŭ); distantly cognate with Latin ūnicus (“sole, only”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰 (ainaha, “only”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈinək]

Noun

и́нок • (ínok) m anim (genitive и́нока, nominative plural и́ноки, genitive plural и́ноков, female equivalent и́нокиня, relational adjective и́ноческий)

1. (dated) monk

Declension

Declension of и́нок (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	и́нок ínok	и́ноки ínoki
genitive	и́нока ínoka	и́ноков ínokov
dative	и́ноку ínoku	и́нокам ínokam
accusative	и́нока ínoka	и́ноков ínokov
instrumental	и́ноком ínokom	и́ноками ínokami
prepositional	и́ноке ínoke	и́ноках ínokax

Derived terms

• и́ночество n (ínočestvo)
  • и́ночествовать impf (ínočestvovatʹ)

Related terms

• еди́ный (jedínyj)
• ина́че (ináče)
• иногда́ (inogdá)
• ино́й (inój)
• оди́н (odín)
• одино́кий (odinókij), одино́чный (odinóčnyj)
• одино́чество n (odinóčestvo)
• одино́чка m anim or f anim (odinóčka)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “инок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “инок”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 348
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “иной”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 348
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1980), “инок”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 7 (И), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 83
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьnokъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 232

Anagrams

• кино́ (kinó)