mūks
See also: muks
Latvian
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse munkr (“monk”) (cf. also (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish munk), itself a borrowing from Late Latin monachus (in a variant form *monikus), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “isolated, lonely”), from μόνος (mónos, “one, alone”). This word must have been borrowed during the time of the un > ū change (9th-12th century); its first mention (already in its modern form), however, is found in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
mūks m (1st declension, feminine form: mūķene)
- monk (male member of a monastic or religious order, usually lives in a monastery)
- mūku iesvētīšana ― the ordaining of monks
- mūks vientuļnieks ― hermit monk
- dzīvot kā mūkam ― to live like a monk (= in isolation)
- kristietības pirmie mūki bija ēģiptiešu Antonijs Lielais un Pahomijs Lielais ― the first Christian monks were the Egyptians Anthony the Great and Pachomius the Great
Declension
Declension of mūks (1st declension)
See also
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mūks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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