mosadz

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь, from Old High German *massing, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Latin massa (“mass, bulk (of material)”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζᾰ (mâza, “lump, mass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔsat͡s]

Noun

mosadz f

1. brass (alloy)

Declension

Declension of mosadz

	singular	plural
nominative	mosadz	mosadze
genitive	mosadze	mosadzí
dative	mosadzi	mosadziam
accusative	mosadz	mosadze
locative	mosadzi	mosadziach
instrumental	mosadzou	mosadzami

Derived terms

adjectives

• mosadzný

 

Further reading

• “mosadz”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024