monachus
See also: Monachus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.na.kʰus/, [ˈmɔ.na.kʰʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.na.kus/, [ˈmoː.na.kus]
Noun
monachus m (genitive monachī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) monk (male member of a religious community)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | monachus | monachī |
| genitive | monachī | monachōrum |
| dative | monachō | monachīs |
| accusative | monachum | monachōs |
| ablative | monachō | monachīs |
| vocative | monache | monachī |
Related terms
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Descendants
- Albanian: murg, munëg
- Alemmanic German: Mönch
- Basque: monako
- Breton: manac'h
- Catalan: monjo
- Czech: mnich
- Danish: munk
- Dutch: monnik
- English: monk
- Esperanto: monaĥo
- Estonian: munk
- Faroese: munkur
- Finnish: munkki
- French: moine
- Galician: monxe
- German: Mönch
- Icelandic: munkur
- Ido: monako
- Interlingua: monacho
- Irish: manach
- Italian: monaco
- Latvian: mūks
- Middle English: monk
- Middle French: moine
- Norman: mouaine, mouène
- Norwegian: munk
- Occitan: monge
- Old English: munuc
- Old French: moingne
- Old Irish: manach
- Old Portuguese: moogo, monge
- Romansh: muntg, montg, muong
- Polish: mnich
- Portuguese: monge
- Sardinian: mongiu, monzu
- Scottish Gaelic: manach
- Sicilian: mònacu, mònicu, mònucu
- Slovak: mních
- Slovene: menih
- Spanish: monje
- Swahili: mmonaki
- Swedish: munk
- Võro: muuk
- Welsh: mynach
- West Frisian: muonts
- Venetian: munego, monego
See also
- abbatus
References
- monachus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monachus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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