junak

See also: junák

Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.nak/

Noun

junak m pers (diminutive junaczek)

1. (dialectal) gay blade

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

Synonyms

• chojrak, chwat, śmiałek, zuch

Related terms

• (adjective) junacki

Further reading

• junak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 (junak).

Noun

jùnāk m (Cyrillic spelling ју̀на̄к)

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. (archaic) servant
6. (literary) brave horse of a hero

Declension

Declension of junak

	singular	plural
nominative	jùnāk	junáci
genitive	junáka	junaka
dative	junaku	junacima
accusative	junaka	junáke
vocative	jȕnāče	junáci
locative	junaku	junacima
instrumental	junakom	junacima

Quotations

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