юноша

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic юноша (junoša), from Proto-Slavic *junoša.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈju̟noʃɐ]

Noun

ю́ноша • (júnoša) m (relational adjective ю́ношески)

  1. youth, youngster, young man
    Synonyms: младе́ж (mladéž), юна́к (junák), мо́мък (mómǎk)

Usage notes

  • Generally refers to young men, rather than young women, but in the plural may signify both genders as a whole.
  • This term is applied to those "between childhood and maturity", often referring to those of ages 15–20.[1]

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • юноша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • юноша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  1. юноша”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1089

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *junoša, from *junъ (young). Compare Old East Slavic уноша (unoša), Serbo-Croatian junoša.

Noun

юноша • (junoša) m

  1. youngster, young man

Declension

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: юноша (junoša)
  • Russian: юноша (junoša)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic юноша (junoša), from Proto-Slavic *junoša. Compare Old East Slavic уноша (unoša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjunəʂə]
  • (file)

Noun

ю́ноша • (júnoša) m anim (genitive ю́ноши, nominative plural ю́ноши, genitive plural ю́ношей)

  1. youngster, male youth
  2. young man

Declension

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “юноша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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