See also: мережа

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *merža. Doublet of мре́жа (mréža), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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мерёжа (merjóžaf inan (genitive мерёжи, nominative plural мерёжи, genitive plural мерёж)

  1. (regional) (fish) net
    Synonyms: (modern terms) сеть (setʹ), се́тка (sétka)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мережа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress