vorvaň

Czech

Etymology

Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl based on Russian во́рвань (vórvanʹ, “whale fat”),[1][2] from Middle Russian ворвонь (vorvonʹ, “fats, hids or skins of marine mammals”),[3] from Old East Slavic вървонъ (vŭrvonŭ, “huntable marine mammal”), which is conventionally believed to derive from Old East Norse narhval. First attested in the 19th century.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvorvaɲ]

Noun

vorvaň m anim

  1. sperm whale

Declension

Declension of vorvaň (soft masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative vorvaň vorvani
genitive vorvaně vorvaňů
dative vorvaňovi, vorvani vorvaňům
accusative vorvaně vorvaně
vocative vorvani vorvani
locative vorvaňovi, vorvani vorvaních
instrumental vorvaněm vorvani

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “vorvaň”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 697
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “vorvaň”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  3. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “ворвань”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 231
  4. ^ http://gramoty.ru/thumbs/bibliography_document_vja-2020.pdf

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