mosaz

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mosaz, from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, from Latin massa (mass, bulk (of material)), from Ancient Greek μᾶζᾰ (mâză, lump, mass).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmosas]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

mosaz f

  1. brass (alloy)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, from Latin massa (mass, bulk (of material)), from Ancient Greek μᾶζᾰ (mâză, lump, mass).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmosaz/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmosas/

Noun

mosaz m or f

  1. brass (alloy)

Declension

Feminine:

Masculine:

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
  • mosazník m

Descendants

  • Czech: mosaz f

Further reading

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, from Latin massa (mass, bulk (of material)), from Ancient Greek μᾶζᾰ (mâză, lump, mass).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔsas/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧saz

Noun

mosaz m inan

  1. brass (alloy)

Derived terms

adjectives
  • mosazny
  • mosazowy
  • mosazžołty
nouns
  • mosaznik m
  • mosazolijernja f

Further reading

  • Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “mosaz”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 380
  • mosaz” in Soblex