See also: morz, mórz, and môrz

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian морж (morž), which derived from Skolt Sami moršša, with further origin uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mȍrž m (Cyrillic spelling мо̏рж)

  1. walrus

Declension

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Declension of morž
singular plural
nominative morž morževi
genitive morža morževa
dative moržu morževima
accusative morža morževe
vocative moržu morževi
locative moržu morževima
instrumental moržem morževima

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “mȍrž”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 633

Further reading

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  • morž”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025