samuraj
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsamuraj]
- Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧raj
Noun
samuraj m anim (female equivalent samurajka, relational adjective samurajský)
- (historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)
Declension
Further reading
- “samuraj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “samuraj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “samuraj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Latvian
Noun
samuraj
- vocative singular of samurajs
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈmu.raj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uraj
- Syllabification: sa‧mu‧raj
Noun
samuraj m pers (related adjective samurajski)
- (historical) samurai (soldier who served a daimyo in feudal Japan)
- Hypernym: rycerz
- (figurative) samurai (noble man who upholds the principles of honor)
- Synonym: człowiek honoru
Declension
Declension of samuraj
Further reading
- samuraj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- samuraj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- samuraj in PWN's encyclopedia
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /samǔraːj/
- Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧raj
Noun
samùrāj m anim (Cyrillic spelling саму̀ра̄ј)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | samùrāj | samuraji |
| genitive | samurája | samuraja |
| dative | samuraju | samurajima |
| accusative | samuraja | samuraje |
| vocative | samuraju | samuraji |
| locative | samuraju | samurajima |
| instrumental | samurajem | samurajima |
Further reading
- “samuraj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Ultimately from Japanese 侍 (さむらい, samurai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsamuraj]
- Rhymes: -aj
Noun
samuraj m pers (female equivalent samurajka)
- samurai (a member of a feudal Japanese warrior class)
Declension
Declension of samuraj
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | samuraj | samurajovia |
| genitive | samuraja | samurajov |
| dative | samurajovi | samurajom |
| accusative | samuraja | samurajov |
| locative | samurajovi | samurajoch |
| instrumental | samurajom | samurajmi |
Derived terms
adjectives
- samurajský
nouns
- samurajstvo
References
- “samuraj”, 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
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Japanese 侍 (samurai).
Noun
samuraj c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | samuraj | samurajs |
| definite | samurajen | samurajens | |
| plural | indefinite | samurajer | samurajers |
| definite | samurajerna | samurajernas |
Derived terms
- samurajsvärd (“samurai sword”)