юнец

From Proto-Slavic *junь̀cь (“youth”). It is possible for the accent to shift from the second to the first syllable, for reasons unexplained.

Cognate with Russian юне́ц (junéc).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (юне́ц): IPA^(key): [jo̟ˈnɛt͡s]
• (ю́нец): IPA^(key): [ˈju̟nɛt͡s]

юне́ц or ю́нец • (junéc or júnec) m (feminine юни́ца)

1. young ox

   Hypernym: вол (vol, “ox”)

Sources disagree on which syllable should be stressed: Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik maintains it be the first, whereas Bǎlgarski tǎlkoven rečnik posits the second, which also appears to accord with the Proto-Slavic etymon *junь̀cь.

• Although in the singular forms, either the first or second syllable may be stressed, in the (non-count) plural, it is always the second.

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

• юне́цъ (junéc) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junь̀cь.

• IPA^(key): [jʉˈnʲet͡s]

юне́ц • (junéc) m anim (genitive юнца́, nominative plural юнцы́, genitive plural юнцо́в)

1. (colloquial) youth, young boy, lad