mosaz

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mosaz, from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, from Latin massa (“mass, bulk (of material)”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζᾰ (mâza, “lump, mass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmosas]

• Audio:

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Noun

mosaz f

1. brass (alloy)

Declension

Declension of mosaz (mixed i-stem [type 'noc'] feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	mosaz	mosazi
genitive	mosazi	mosazí
dative	mosazi	mosazím
accusative	mosaz	mosazi
vocative	mosazi	mosazi
locative	mosazi	mosazích
instrumental	mosazí	mosazemi

Derived terms

• mosazný

 

Further reading

• “mosaz”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mosaz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mosaz”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, from Latin massa (“mass, bulk (of material)”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζᾰ (mâza, “lump, mass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmosaz/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmosas/

Noun

mosaz m or f

1. brass (alloy)

Declension

Feminine:

Declension of mosaz (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mosaz	mosazi	mosazi
genitive	mosazi	mosaźú	mosazí
dative	mosazi	mosazma	mosazem
accusative	mosaz	mosazi	mosazi
vocative	mosazi	mosazi	mosazi
locative	mosazi	mosaźú	mosazech
instrumental	mosaźú	mosazma	mosazmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Masculine:

Declension of mosaz (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mosaz	mosazy	mosazi, mosazové
genitive	mosaza, mosazu	mosazú	mosazóv
dative	mosazu	mosazoma	mosazóm
accusative	mosaz	mosazy	mosazy
vocative	mosaze	mosazy	mosazi, mosazové
locative	mosazě, mosazu	mosazú	mosaziech
instrumental	mosazem	mosazoma	mosazy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

adjectives

• mosazný

 

nouns

• mosazník m

 

Descendants

• Czech: mosaz f

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “mosaz”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, from Latin massa (“mass, bulk (of material)”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζᾰ (mâza, “lump, mass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔˈsaz]
• Hyphenation: mo‧saz

Noun

mosaz m inan

1. brass (alloy)

Derived terms

adjectives

• mosazny
• mosazowy
• mosazžołty

 

nouns

• mosaznik m
• mosazolijernja f

 

Further reading

• Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “mosaz”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 380
• “mosaz” in Soblex