morsk

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian морж (morž).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˈorsk/

Noun

morsk (genitive morsa, partitive morska)

  1. walrus
    Synonym: (dated) merihobu

Declension

Declension of morsk (ÕS type 22i/külm, k-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative morsk morsad
accusative nom.
gen. morsa
genitive morskade
partitive morska morski
morskasid
illative morska
morsasse
morskadesse
morsisse
inessive morsas morskades
morsis
elative morsast morskadest
morsist
allative morsale morskadele
morsile
adessive morsal morskadel
morsil
ablative morsalt morskadelt
morsilt
translative morsaks morskadeks
morsiks
terminative morsani morskadeni
essive morsana morskadena
abessive morsata morskadeta
comitative morsaga morskadega

Further reading

  • morsk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • morsk”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • morsk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Jutish

Adjective

morsk

  1. (Fjolde) rotten

References

  • morsk” in Anders Bjerrum and Marie Bjerrum (1974), Ordbog over Fjoldemålet, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

Swedish

Adjective

morsk (comparative morskare, superlative morskast)

  1. fearless and confident (and sometimes cocky)

Declension

Inflection of morsk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular morsk morskare morskast
neuter singular morskt morskare morskast
plural morska morskare morskast
masculine plural2 morske morskare morskast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 morske morskare morskaste
all morska morskare morskaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References