junc

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʒuŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʒuŋk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒuŋk]

Noun

junc m (plural juncs)

1. Alternative form of jonc

Further reading

• “junc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “junc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, whence also Old Saxon jung, giung, Old English ġeong, Old Norse ungr, Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-.

Adjective

junc

1. young

Declension

Positive forms of junc

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	nonneuter	neuter
strong declension	nominative	junger	jungiu	jungeȥ	junge	jungiu
	genitive	junges	junger(e)	junges	junger(e)
	dative	jungem(e)	junger(e)	jungem(e)	jungen
	accusative	jungen	junge	jungeȥ	junge	jungiu
weak declension	nominative	dër junge	diu junge	daȥ junge	die jungen	diu jungen
	genitive	dës jungen	dër jungen	dës jungen	dër jungen
	dative	dëm jungen	dër jungen	dëm jungen	dën jungen
	accusative	dën jungen	die jungen	daȥ junge	die jungen	diu jungen

Descendants

• Alemannic German: jung, jungu, jungà, junhs, jòng
• Bavarian: junk

  Cimbrian: jung, djung, junk

  Mòcheno: jung

• Central Franconian: jonk

  Hunsrik: jung

  Luxembourgish: jonk

• German: jung
• Pennsylvania German: jung
• Vilamovian: jung
• Yiddish: יונג (yung)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “junc”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin juvencus, iuvencus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós, derived from *h₂yuh₁en-, derived from the root *h₂ey- (“vital force”, “life”).

Noun

junc m (plural junci, feminine equivalent juncă)

1. a young bullock

   Synonyms: mânzat, tuluc (regional)

Declension

Declension of junc

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	junc	juncul		junci	juncii
genitive-dative	junc	juncului		junci	juncilor
vocative	juncule			juncilor

Related terms

• juncă

See also

• vițel