mnich

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mnich. Compare German Mönch, Russian монах (monax), Polish mnich.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɲɪx]

Noun

mnich m anim

  1. monk

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Noun

mnich m anim

  1. alternative form of mich

Declension

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German munih, from Proto-West Germanic *munik.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmɲix/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmɲix/

Noun

mnich m pers

  1. monk

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: mnich
  • Old Polish: mnich
    • Polish: mnich
      • Kashubian: mich
      • Old Lithuanian: minỹkas, minỹchas
        • Lithuanian: (dialectal) minỹkas
  • Slovak: mních

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mnich”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech mnich.[1][2][3] First attested in 1429.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mɲix/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /mɲix/

Noun

mnich m pers (female equivalent mniszka, related adjective mniski)

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) monk
    • 1959 [1429], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 1339, Poznań:
      Jsze pan Micolay Thomiczsky ne schedl... do clastora, do mnichow
      [Iże pan Mikołay Tomicski nie szedł... do klasztora, do mnichow]

Descendants

  • Polish: mnich
    • Kashubian: mich
    • Old Lithuanian: minỹkas, minỹchas
      • Lithuanian: (dialectal) minỹkas

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “mnich”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “mnich”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “mnich”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mnich. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from German Mönch.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɲix/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ix
  • Syllabification: mnich
  • Homophone: Mnich

Noun

mnich m pers (female equivalent mniszka, diminutive mniszek, related adjective mnisi or mniszy)

  1. monk (male member of monastic order)

Declension

Declension

proverbs
  • habit nie czyni mnicha

Noun

mnich m inan

  1. monk roof tile
  2. device for regulating the level and flow of water in fish ponds
  3. (obsolete, metalwork) vessel for separating silver and gold in the furnace
  4. (obsolete) type of apple
  5. (obsolete) type of pierogi or dumpling

Noun

mnich m pers

  1. (Middle Polish) any plant of the genus Taraxacum
    Synonym: mniszek
  2. (Middle Polish) monk seal (Monachus)
    Synonym: mniszka śródziemnomorska
  3. (Middle Polish, chess) bishop
    Synonyms: goniec, laufer
  4. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. bulbous ceramic flask for liquors in a sculptor's inventory
      • 1961 [1571], S. Nawrocki, J. Wisłocki, editors, Inwentarze mieszczańskie z lat 1528-1635 z ksiąg miejskich Poznania [Townsmen's inventories from the years 1528-1635 from the city books of Poznań], number 168:
        dzbankow 6, 2 kubki i mnich 1, korbaszewa flasza 1
  5. (Middle Polish) bishop of Varadin, the guardian of the Hungarian prince

Declension

Descendants

  • Kashubian: mich
  • Old Lithuanian: minỹkas, minỹchas
    • Lithuanian: (dialectal) minỹkas

Further reading

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German munih,[1] from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μονᾰχός (monăkhós, solitary, single).

Compare Lower Sorbian mich, Old Czech mnich, Old Church Slavonic мънихъ (mŭnixŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmnix/

Noun

mnich m pers (feminine mniška)

  1. monk

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • mišk m
  • mniška f
adjectives
  • mniši

References

  1. ^ Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1984) “mnich”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Language] (in German), numbers 13 (mjetło – njedara), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 936

Further reading

  • Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “mnich”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch[2] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 374
  • mnich” in Soblex