menih

See also: Menih

Slovene

Etymology

Through Middle High German and Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”). First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛníx/, /məníx/

Noun

menȉh or mənȉh m anim

1. monk (male member of monastic order)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	menȉh
gen. sing.	menȉha
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	menȉh	menȉha	menȉhi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	menȉha	menȉhov	menȉhov
dative (dajȃlnik)	menȉhu	menȉhoma	menȉhom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	menȉha	menȉha	menȉhe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	menȉhu	menȉhih	menȉhih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	menȉhom	menȉhoma	menȉhi

Further reading

• “menih”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025