унук

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian унукъ (unuk), внукъ (vnuk), from Old East Slavic вънукъ (vŭnukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъnùkъ. Cognate with Russian внук (vnuk) and Ukrainian внук (vnuk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uˈnuk]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Hyphenation: унук

Noun

уну́к • (unúkm pers (genitive уну́ка, nominative plural уну́кі, genitive plural уну́каў, female equivalent уну́чка)

  1. grandson
  2. (in the plural) descendants

Usage notes

  • The forms уну́к (unúk) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and ўнук (ŭnuk) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Declension

Descendants

  • Latgalian: unuks

References

  • унук”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • унук” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnukъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǔnuk/
  • Hyphenation: у‧нук

Noun

у̀нук m anim (Latin spelling ùnuk)

  1. grandson

Declension

Declension of унук
singular plural
nominative унук унуци
genitive унука унука
dative унуку унуцима
accusative унука унуке
vocative унуче унуци
locative унуку унуцима
instrumental унуком унуцима

Further reading

  • унук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025