# monarcha
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmonarxa]
* Hyphenation: mo‧nar‧cha

### Noun

monarcha m anim
* monarch (ruler)
    Synonym: panovník

#### Related terms

* See archón
* monarchie

### Further reading

* “monarcha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “monarcha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “monarcha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Hungarian
### Etymology

First attested in 1578. Borrowed from Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs, “monarch, ruler”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmonɒrɦɒ]
* Hyphenation: mo‧nar‧cha
* Rhymes: -hɒ

### Noun

monarcha (plural monarchák)
* monarch (ruler)
    Synonym: egyeduralkodó

#### Related terms

* monarchia
* monarchikus

### References

* ↑ monarcha in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

monarcha (plural monarchas)
* monarch (ruler)

#### Related terms

* monarchia
* monarchic

## Irish
### Etymology

Cognate with monar (“toil, labor”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmˠɔnˠəɾˠxə/
* (Cois Fharriage) IPA: /ˈmˠʊnˠəɾˠxə/

### Noun

monarcha f (genitive singular monarchan, nominative plural monarchana)
* factory
    Synonym: gléasra

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
monarcha
monarchana
vocative
a mhonarcha
a mhonarchana
genitive
monarchan
monarchana
dative
monarcha monarchain (archaic, dialectal)
monarchana
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an mhonarcha
na monarchana
genitive
na monarchan
na monarchana
dative
leis an monarcha leis an monarchain (archaic, dialectal) don mhonarcha don mhonarchain (archaic, dialectal)
leis na monarchana :
* Alternative plural: monarchain (Cois Fharraige)

#### Derived terms

* monarcha scartha cadáis f (“cotton gin”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “monarcha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs, “monarch, ruler”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /moˈnar.kʰa/, [mɔˈnärkʰä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /moˈnar.ka/, [moˈnärkä]

### Noun

monarcha m (genitive monarchae); first declension
* monarch, ruler

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “monarcha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* monarcha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔˈnar.xa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arxa
* Syllabification: mo‧nar‧cha

### Noun

monarcha m pers (female equivalent monarchini)
* monarch (ruler)

#### Derived terms

* antymonarchistyczny
* monarchiczny
* monarchistyczny
* monarszy
* monarchicznie
* monarszo
* monarchia
* monarchiczność
* monarchista
* monarchistka
* monarchizm

### Further reading

* monarcha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* monarcha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Noun

monarcha m (plural monarchas)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of monarca.

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɔnarxa]

### Noun

monarcha m pers
* monarch (ruler)

#### Related terms

* monarchia

### Further reading

* “monarcha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025