možgani

Slovene

Alternative forms

• moshgani (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mȍžžene.The word has undergone irregular change e → a, probably by analogy in *moždanъ.^{[→Snoj, 2015]} This caused gradual hardening of the consonant cluster to (žž → ždž → žg). The non-fully hardened form (možjȃni) is obsolete or dialectal (Šavrin Hills dialect). In southeastern part of South White Carniolan dialect, the palatization still fully exists (moždž́ani). Cognates include Serbo-Croatian mȍždāni, Serbo-Croatian mȍžđāni, Polabian müzdin and Polabian müzdene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʒɡáːni/

Noun

možgȃni m pl

1. (anatomy) brain
2. (literary) the most important people in an organization, leaders

Inflection

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent (pluralia tantum)
nom. plur.	možgȃni
gen. plur.	možgȃnov, možgȃn
	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	možgȃni
genitive rodȋlnik	možgȃnov, možgȃn
dative dajȃlnik	možgȃnom, možgȃnam
accusative tožȋlnik	možgȃne
locative mẹ̑stnik	možgȃnih, možgȃnah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	možgȃni
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	možgȃni

Derived terms

• beg možganov
• brskati po možganih
• elektronski možgani
• mali možgani
• mehčanje možganov
• možgánski
• napenjati možgane
• pobrskati po možganih
• pretres možganov
• srednji možgani
• veliki možgani

 

Further reading

• “možgani”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “možgani”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references