mórzgi

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Alteration of earlier mózgi, from Proto-Slavic *mozgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *masgas, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos (“marrow, brain”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian mozy, Polish mózg, Czech mozek, Polabian múzǵë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɨrzɡʲi/, /ˈmɛrzɡʲi/, (dated) /ˈmʊrzɡʲi/

Noun

mórzgi ? pl

1. brain

Declension

Declension of mórzgi

	plural (plurale tantum)
Nominative	mórzgi
Genitive	mórzgow
Dative	mórzgam
Accusative	mórzgi
Instrumental	mórzgami
Locative	mórzgach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mórzgi”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mórzgi”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag