медуза

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Медузи

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), with the meaning transferred from the gorgon Medusa.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uzɐ
• Hyphenation^(key): ме‧ду‧за

Noun

меду́за • (medúza) f (diminutive меду́зка)

1. jellyfish

Declension

References

• “медуза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “медуза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “медуза”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 712

Macedonian

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Noun

медуза • (meduza) f

1. jellyfish

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Russian

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Noun

меду́за • (medúza) f anim (genitive меду́зы, nominative plural меду́зы, genitive plural меду́з)

1. (zoology) medusa, jellyfish

Declension

Descendants

• → Ingrian: meduza
• → Yiddish: מעדוזע (meduze)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /medǔːza/
• Hyphenation: ме‧ду‧за

Noun

меду́за f (Latin spelling medúza)

1. jellyfish

Declension

Ukrainian

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Noun

меду́за • (medúza) f animal (genitive меду́зи, nominative plural меду́зи, genitive plural меду́з)

1. (zoology) medusa, jelly fish

Declension

Descendants

• → Yiddish: מעדוזע (meduze)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “медуза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka