murva
English
Etymology
From Sanskrit मूर्वा (mūrvā).
Noun
murva (uncountable)
- Synonym of marool.
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1332. Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *mьrva.[1] Compare Czech mrva, Serbo-Croatian mȑva, Slovak mrva, Ukrainian ме́рва (mérva).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmurvɒ]
- Hyphenation: mur‧va
- Rhymes: -vɒ
Noun
murva (countable and uncountable, plural murvák)
- (botany) bract (leaf or leaf-like structure)
- Synonyms: murvalevél, fellevél, előlevél
- (regional) rubble (the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry)
- (regional) fragments of broken straw, hay, or dry reeds
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | murva | murvák |
| accusative | murvát | murvákat |
| dative | murvának | murváknak |
| instrumental | murvával | murvákkal |
| causal-final | murváért | murvákért |
| translative | murvává | murvákká |
| terminative | murváig | murvákig |
| essive-formal | murvaként | murvákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | murvában | murvákban |
| superessive | murván | murvákon |
| adessive | murvánál | murváknál |
| illative | murvába | murvákba |
| sublative | murvára | murvákra |
| allative | murvához | murvákhoz |
| elative | murvából | murvákból |
| delative | murváról | murvákról |
| ablative | murvától | murváktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
murváé | murváké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
murváéi | murvákéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | murvám | murváim |
| 2nd person sing. | murvád | murváid |
| 3rd person sing. | murvája | murvái |
| 1st person plural | murvánk | murváink |
| 2nd person plural | murvátok | murváitok |
| 3rd person plural | murvájuk | murváik |
Derived terms
- murvás
Compound words with this term at the beginning
- murvahegy
- murvalevél
References
- ^ murva in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- murva in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- murva in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin mōrus. First attested in the 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mûːrʋa/
- Hyphenation: mur‧va
Noun
mȗrva f (Cyrillic spelling му̑рва)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mȗrva | murve |
| genitive | murve | mȕrāvā / mȗrvī |
| dative | murvi | murvama |
| accusative | murvu | murve |
| vocative | murvo | murve |
| locative | murvi | murvama |
| instrumental | murvom | murvama |
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “murva”, 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 644
Further reading
- “murva”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /múːrʋa/
Noun
mȗrva f
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | múrva | ||
| gen. sing. | múrve | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
múrva | múrvi | múrve |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
múrve | múrv | múrv |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
múrvi | múrvama | múrvam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
múrvo | múrvi | múrve |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
múrvi | múrvah | múrvah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
múrvo | múrvama | múrvami |
Further reading
- “murva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
Alternative forms
Noun
murva c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | murva | murvas |
| definite | murvan | murvans | |
| plural | indefinite | murvor | murvors |
| definite | murvorna | murvornas |
References
Traveller Norwegian
Etymology
Probably from Finnish.
Noun
murva