унук

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian унукъ (unuk), внукъ (vnuk), from Old East Slavic вънукъ (vŭnukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъnùkъ. Cognate with Russian внук (vnuk) and Ukrainian внук (vnuk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈnuk]

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Hyphenation: унук

Noun

уну́к • (unúk) m pers (genitive уну́ка, nominative plural уну́кі, genitive plural уну́каў, female equivalent уну́чка)

1. grandson
2. (in the plural) descendants

Usage notes

• The forms уну́к (unúk) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and ўнук (wnuk) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Declension

Declension of уну́к (pr velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	уну́к unúk	уну́кі unúki
genitive	уну́ка unúka	уну́каў unúkaw
dative	уну́ку unúku	уну́кам unúkam
accusative	уну́ка unúka	уну́каў unúkaw
instrumental	уну́кам unúkam	уну́камі unúkami
locative	уну́ку unúku	уну́ках unúkax
count form	—	уну́кі1 unúki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Descendants

• → Latgalian: unuks

References

• “унук”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “унук” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian унукъ (unuk), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vъnukъ. Displaced Old Slovak vnuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈunuk]
• Rhymes: -unuk
• Hyphenation: унук

Noun

унук (unuk) m pers (diminutive унучок, feminine equivalent унука)

1. grandson

   Coordinate terms: прапраунук (prapraunuk), праунук (praunuk)

Usage notes

• The plural form унукове (unukove) may be considered incorrect by language authorities, but is still nonetheless somewhat common.

Declension

Declension of унук (unuk)

	singular	plural
nominative	унук (unuk)	унуки / унукове (unuki / unukove)
genitive	унука (unuka)	унукох (unukox)
dative	унукови (unukovi)	унуком (unukom)
accusative	унука (unuka)	унукох (unukox)
instrumental	унуком (unukom)	унуками (unukami)
locative	унукови (unukovi)	унукох (unukox)
vocative	унук / унуку (unuk / unuku)	унуки / унукове (unuki / unukove)

Related terms

nouns

• унуче n (unuče)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “унук”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 712
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “унук”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 875
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “grandson”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 128

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnukъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔnuk/
• Hyphenation: у‧нук

Noun

у̀нук m anim (Latin spelling ùnuk)

1. grandson

Declension

Declension of унук

	singular	plural
nominative	унук	унуци
genitive	унука	унука
dative	унуку	унуцима
accusative	унука	унуке
vocative	унуче	унуци
locative	унуку	унуцима
instrumental	унуком	унуцима

Related terms

• у̀нуче
• у̀нука

Further reading

• “унук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026