μοναχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.na.kʰós/ → /mo.naˈxos/ → /mo.naˈxos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.na.kʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈkʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈxos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈxos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈxos/

Adjective

μονᾰχός • (monăkhós) m (feminine μονᾰχή, neuter μονᾰχόν); first/second declension

1. solitary, single

Declension

First and second declension of μονᾰχός; μονᾰχή; μονᾰχόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μονᾰχός monăkhós	μονᾰχή monăkhḗ	μονᾰχόν monăkhón		μονᾰχώ monăkhṓ	μονᾰχᾱ́ monăkhā́	μονᾰχώ monăkhṓ		μονᾰχοί monăkhoí	μονᾰχαί monăkhaí	μονᾰχᾰ́ monăkhắ
Genitive		μονᾰχοῦ monăkhoû	μονᾰχῆς monăkhês	μονᾰχοῦ monăkhoû		μονᾰχοῖν monăkhoîn	μονᾰχαῖν monăkhaîn	μονᾰχοῖν monăkhoîn		μονᾰχῶν monăkhôn	μονᾰχῶν monăkhôn	μονᾰχῶν monăkhôn
Dative		μονᾰχῷ monăkhôi	μονᾰχῇ monăkhêi	μονᾰχῷ monăkhôi		μονᾰχοῖν monăkhoîn	μονᾰχαῖν monăkhaîn	μονᾰχοῖν monăkhoîn		μονᾰχοῖς monăkhoîs	μονᾰχαῖς monăkhaîs	μονᾰχοῖς monăkhoîs
Accusative		μονᾰχόν monăkhón	μονᾰχήν monăkhḗn	μονᾰχόν monăkhón		μονᾰχώ monăkhṓ	μονᾰχᾱ́ monăkhā́	μονᾰχώ monăkhṓ		μονᾰχούς monăkhoús	μονᾰχᾱ́ς monăkhā́s	μονᾰχᾰ́ monăkhắ
Vocative		μονᾰχέ monăkhé	μονᾰχή monăkhḗ	μονᾰχόν monăkhón		μονᾰχώ monăkhṓ	μονᾰχᾱ́ monăkhā́	μονᾰχώ monăkhṓ		μονᾰχοί monăkhoí	μονᾰχαί monăkhaí	μονᾰχᾰ́ monăkhắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μονᾰχῶς monăkhôs				μονᾰχώτερος monăkhṓteros				μονᾰχώτᾰτος monăkhṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

μονᾰχός • (monăkhós) m (genitive μονᾰχοῦ); second declension

1. monk, monastic

Declension

Second declension of ὁ μονᾰχός; τοῦ μονᾰχοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μονᾰχός ho monăkhós	τὼ μονᾰχώ tṑ monăkhṓ	οἱ μονᾰχοί hoi monăkhoí
Genitive	τοῦ μονᾰχοῦ toû monăkhoû	τοῖν μονᾰχοῖν toîn monăkhoîn	τῶν μονᾰχῶν tôn monăkhôn
Dative	τῷ μονᾰχῷ tôi monăkhôi	τοῖν μονᾰχοῖν toîn monăkhoîn	τοῖς μονᾰχοῖς toîs monăkhoîs
Accusative	τὸν μονᾰχόν tòn monăkhón	τὼ μονᾰχώ tṑ monăkhṓ	τοὺς μονᾰχούς toùs monăkhoús
Vocative	μονᾰχέ monăkhé	μονᾰχώ monăkhṓ	μονᾰχοί monăkhoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μοναχός (monachós)

Borrowings

• → Coptic: ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ (monakhos)
• → Latin: monachus (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Church Slavonic: монахъ (monaxŭ)
  • → Belarusian: манах (manax)
  • → Bulgarian: монах (monah)
  • → Macedonian: монах (monah)
  • → Romanian: monah
  • → Russian: монах (monax), мона́хъ (monáx) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    • → Ingrian: manahka
    • → Komi-Zyrian: манак (manak)
    • → Skolt Sami: manah
  • → Serbo-Croatian: monah / монах
  • → Ukrainian: монах (monax)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.naˈxos/

Noun

μοναχός • (monachós) m (plural μοναχοί, feminine μοναχή)

1. (religion) monk, friar

Declension

Declension of μοναχός

	singular	plural
nominative	μοναχός (monachós)	μοναχοί (monachoí)
genitive	μοναχού (monachoú)	μοναχών (monachón)
accusative	μοναχό (monachó)	μοναχούς (monachoús)
vocative	μοναχέ (monaché)	μοναχοί (monachoí)

Synonyms

• καλόγερος m (kalógeros)

Further reading

• μοναχός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Adjective

(alternative form: μονάχος (monáchos))

μοναχός • (monachós) m (feminine μοναχή, neuter μοναχό)

1. solitary, alone
2. without companions

Declension

Declension of μοναχός

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	μοναχός (monachós)	μοναχή (monachí)	μοναχό (monachó)		μοναχοί (monachoí)	μοναχές (monachés)	μοναχά (monachá)
genitive	μοναχού (monachoú)	μοναχής (monachís)	μοναχού (monachoú)		μοναχών (monachón)	μοναχών (monachón)	μοναχών (monachón)
accusative	μοναχό (monachó)	μοναχή (monachí)	μοναχό (monachó)		μοναχούς (monachoús)	μοναχές (monachés)	μοναχά (monachá)
vocative	μοναχέ (monaché)	μοναχή (monachí)	μοναχό (monachó)		μοναχοί (monachoí)	μοναχές (monachés)	μοναχά (monachá)

Related terms

• μονός (monós, “single, odd”, adjective)
• μόνος (mónos, “solitary, alone”, adjective)