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 • (unúk) m pers (genitive уну́ка, nominative plural уну́кі, genitive plural уну́каў, female equivalent уну́чка)
- grandson
- (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
Declension of уну́к (pr velar masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | уну́к unúk |
уну́кі unúki |
| genitive | уну́ка unúka |
уну́каў unúkaŭ |
| dative | уну́ку unúku |
уну́кам unúkam |
| accusative | уну́ка unúka |
уну́каў unúkaŭ |
| instrumental | уну́кам unúkam |
уну́камі unúkami |
| locative | уну́ку unúku |
уну́ках unúkax |
| count form | — | уну́кі1 unúki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
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)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | унук | унуци |
| genitive | унука | унука |
| dative | унуку | унуцима |
| accusative | унука | унуке |
| vocative | унуче | унуци |
| locative | унуку | унуцима |
| instrumental | унуком | унуцима |
Related terms
Further reading
- “унук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025