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junak

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Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junъ (young) +‎ *-akъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈju.nak/
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  • Rhymes: -unak
  • Syllabification: ju‧nak

Noun

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junak m pers (diminutive junaczek)

  1. (dialectal) gay blade
    Synonyms: chojrak, chwat, śmiałek, zuch

Declension

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adjective

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. From Proto-Slavic *junъ (young) +‎ *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Serbo-Croatian -ak). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Czech jonák (Moravian Czech junák), Polish junak, Bulgarian юна́к (junák).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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. (literary) brave horse of a hero

Declension

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Quotations

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • junak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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junák m anim (female equivalent junákinja)

  1. hero
    Synonym: heroj

Further reading

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  • junak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • junak”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references