mrkva

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъrky, cognates include Bulgarian морков (morkov) and Russian морковь (morkovʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mr̩̂kʋa/
  • Hyphenation: mrk‧va

Noun

mȑkva f (Cyrillic spelling мр̏ква)

  1. (Croatia, Bosnia) carrot
    Synonym: (Serbia) šargarépa

Declension

Declension of mrkva
singular plural
nominative mȑkva mrkve
genitive mrkve mȑkāvā / mȑkvī
dative mrkvi mrkvama
accusative mrkvu mrkve
vocative mrkvo mrkve
locative mrkvi mrkvama
instrumental mrkvom mrkvama

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъrky, cognates include Bulgarian морков (morkov) and Russian морковь (morkovʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmr̩kva]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mrk‧va

Noun

mrkva f (relational adjective mrkvový, diminutive mrkvička)

  1. carrot

Declension

Declension of mrkva
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativemrkvamrkvy
genitivemrkvymrkiev
dativemrkvemrkvám
accusativemrkvumrkvy
locativemrkvemrkvách
instrumentalmrkvoumrkvami

Further reading

  • mrkva”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

See mŕkev.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə̀rkʋa/

Noun

mŕkva f

  1. alternative form of mŕkev
    Synonym: korênje, korénje

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. mŕkva
gen. sing. mŕkve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
mŕkva mŕkvi mŕkve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
mŕkve mŕkev mŕkev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
mŕkvi mŕkvama mŕkvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
mŕkvo mŕkvi mŕkve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
mŕkvi mŕkvah mŕkvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
mŕkvo mŕkvama mŕkvami

Further reading

  • mrkva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • mrkva”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references