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Monachus

Monachus

See also: monachus

Translingual

Proper noun

Monachus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Phocidae – the monk seal.

monachus

monachus

See also: Monachus

Latin

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

monacha
monachalis
monachatus
monachicus
monachīlis

monachīum
monastērium
monasticus
monastria

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 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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “monachus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.