Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junakъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*junakъ m

1. young lad

Declension

Declension of *junakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*junakъ	*junaka	*junaci
genitive	*junaka	*junaku	*junakъ
dative	*junaku	*junakoma	*junakomъ
accusative	*junakъ	*junaka	*junaky
instrumental	*junakъmь, *junakomь*	*junakoma	*junaky
locative	*junacě	*junaku	*junacěxъ
vocative	*junače	*junaka	*junaci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: юна́к (junák)
  • Ukrainian: юна́к (junák)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: юнакъ (junakŭ)

    • Bulgarian: юна́к (junák)
    • Macedonian: јунак (junak)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ју̀на̄к

    Latin script: jùnāk

  • Slovene: junák (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jonák, (Moravian), junák
  • Polish: junak (dialectal)
  • Slovak: junák (literary)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: junak (obsolete)