monk – Middle English noun declension

Noun: monk

Sg.	monk
Pl.	monkes

Genitive

Sg.	monkes
Pl.	monkes; monkene

Dative

Sg.

monke

Sample Sentences

Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. [1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:]

Nouns inflected like monk

lord, monk,

Etymology

Inherited from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós). See: Old English Nouns 'munuc', Old English Nouns 'munuc', Latin Nouns 'monachus', Ancient Greek Nouns 'μοναχός'.

Verbs referencing "monk"

English Nouns monk.