monarcha

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmonarxa]

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• Hyphenation: mo‧nar‧cha

Noun

monarcha m anim

1. monarch (ruler)

   Synonym: panovník

Declension

Declension of monarcha (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	monarcha	monarchové
genitive	monarchy	monarchů
dative	monarchovi	monarchům
accusative	monarchu	monarchy
vocative	monarcho	monarchové
locative	monarchovi	monarších
instrumental	monarchou	monarchy

Related terms

• See archón

• monarchie

Further reading

• “monarcha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “monarcha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “monarcha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1578. Borrowed from Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs, “monarch, ruler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmonɒrɦɒ]
• Hyphenation: mo‧nar‧cha
• Rhymes: -hɒ

Noun

monarcha (plural monarchák)

1. monarch (ruler)

   Synonym: egyeduralkodó

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	monarcha	monarchák
accusative	monarchát	monarchákat
dative	monarchának	monarcháknak
instrumental	monarchával	monarchákkal
causal-final	monarcháért	monarchákért
translative	monarchává	monarchákká
terminative	monarcháig	monarchákig
essive-formal	monarchaként	monarchákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	monarchában	monarchákban
superessive	monarchán	monarchákon
adessive	monarchánál	monarcháknál
illative	monarchába	monarchákba
sublative	monarchára	monarchákra
allative	monarchához	monarchákhoz
elative	monarchából	monarchákból
delative	monarcháról	monarchákról
ablative	monarchától	monarcháktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	monarcháé	monarcháké
non-attributive possessive – plural	monarcháéi	monarchákéi

Possessive forms of monarcha

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	monarchám	monarcháim
2nd person sing.	monarchád	monarcháid
3rd person sing.	monarchája	monarchái
1st person plural	monarchánk	monarcháink
2nd person plural	monarchátok	monarcháitok
3rd person plural	monarchájuk	monarcháik

Related terms

• monarchia
• monarchikus

Interlingua

Noun

monarcha (plural monarchas)

1. monarch (ruler)

Related terms

• monarchia
• monarchic

Irish

Etymology

Cognate with monar (“toil, labor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔnˠəɾˠxə/
• (Cois Fharriage) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊnˠəɾˠxə/

Noun

monarcha f (genitive singular monarchan, nominative plural monarchana)

1. factory

   Synonym: gléasra

Declension

Declension of monarcha (fifth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative monarcha monarchana vocative a mhonarcha a mhonarchana genitive monarchan monarchana dative monarcha monarchain (archaic, dialectal) monarchana forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mhonarcha na monarchana genitive na monarchan na monarchana dative leis an monarcha leis an monarchain (archaic, dialectal) don mhonarcha don mhonarchain (archaic, dialectal) leis na monarchana

• Alternative plural: monarchain (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• monarcha scartha cadáis f (“cotton gin”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of monarcha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
monarcha	mhonarcha	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “monarcha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs, “monarch, ruler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔˈnar.kʰa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈnar.ka]

Noun

monarcha m (genitive monarchae); first declension

1. monarch, ruler

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	monarcha	monarchae
genitive	monarchae	monarchārum
dative	monarchae	monarchīs
accusative	monarcham	monarchās
ablative	monarchā	monarchīs
vocative	monarcha	monarchae

References

• “monarcha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "monarcha", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈnar.xa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arxa
• Syllabification: mo‧nar‧cha

Noun

monarcha m pers (female equivalent monarchini)

1. monarch (ruler)

Declension

Declension of monarcha

	singular	plural
nominative	monarcha	monarchowie/monarchy (deprecative)
genitive	monarchy	monarchów
dative	monarsze	monarchom
accusative	monarchę	monarchów
instrumental	monarchą	monarchami
locative	monarsze	monarchach
vocative	monarcho	monarchowie

Derived terms

adjectives

• antymonarchistyczny
• monarchiczny
• monarchistyczny
• monarszy

adverbs

• monarchicznie
• monarszo

nouns

• monarchia
• monarchiczność
• monarchista
• monarchistka
• monarchizm

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

monarcha m (plural monarchas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of monarca

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔnarxa]

Noun

monarcha m pers

1. monarch (ruler)

Declension

Declension of monarcha
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural
nominative	monarcha	monarchovia
genitive	monarchu	monarchov
dative	monarchovi	monarchom
accusative	monarchu	monarchov
locative	monarchovi	monarchoch
instrumental	monarchom	monarchami

Related terms

• monarchia

Further reading

• “monarcha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025