junak

See also: junák

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-akъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.nak/

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• Rhymes: -unak
• Syllabification: ju‧nak

Noun

junak m pers (female equivalent junaczka, diminutive junaczek, related adjective junacki)

1. (dialectal) gay blade

   Synonyms: chojrak, chwat, śmiałek, zuch

2. (historical) member of any of several youth or paramilitary organisations in Poland, e.g. the JHP, SP or OHP

Declension

Declension of junak

	singular	plural
nominative	junak	junacy/junaki (deprecative)
genitive	junaka	junaków
dative	junakowi	junakom
accusative	junaka	junaków
instrumental	junakiem	junakami
locative	junaku	junakach
vocative	junaku	junacy

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Serbo-Croatian -ak). First attested in the 14th century.*

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jǔnaːk/
• Hyphenation: ju‧nak

Noun

jùnāk m anim (Cyrillic spelling ју̀на̄к, female equivalent junàkinja, augmentative junačina)

1. (archaic) young man
2. (by semantic narrowing) soldier, knight, warrior [Attested from 1399 onward.]
3. (thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man [Attested from XVI century onward.]
4. (archaic) husband
5. (literary) brave horse of a hero

Declension

Declension of junak

	singular	plural
nominative	jùnāk	junáci
genitive	junáka	junákā
dative	junáku	junácima
accusative	junáka	junáke
vocative	jȕnāče	jȕnāci
locative	junáku	junácima
instrumental	junákom	junácima

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:junak.

Derived terms

• superjunak

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /junàːk/

Noun

junák m anim (female equivalent junákinja)

1. hero

   Synonym: heroj

Further reading

• “junak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “junak”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references