morž

See also: morz, mórz, and môrz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian морж (morž), which derived from Skolt Sami moršša, with further origin uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /môrʒ/

Noun

mȍrž m anim (Cyrillic spelling мо̏рж)

  1. walrus

Declension

Declension of morž
singular plural
nominative morž morževi
genitive morža morževa
dative moržu morževima
accusative morža morževe
vocative moržu morževi
locative moržu morževima
instrumental moržem morževima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “mȍrž”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 633

Further reading

  • “morž”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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