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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *morvъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *marwís, from Proto-Indo-European *morwís.
Pronunciation
Noun
мрав • (mrav) m (feminine мра́ва, diminutive мра́вче) (obsolete)
- ant (eusocial insect of family Formicidae, most often of genera Formica or Myrmica)
Declension
Declension of мрав
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singular
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plural
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мрав
mrav
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мра́вове
mrávove
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definite
(subject form)
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мра́вът
mrávǎt
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мра́вовете
mrávovete
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definite
(object form)
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мра́ва
mráva
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| count form
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мра́ва
mráva
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Derived terms
- мраво- (mravo-) (in compounds)
References
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мравъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 85
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мрав”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 272
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *morvъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *marwís, from Proto-Indo-European *morwís.
Pronunciation
Noun
мра̑в m (Latin spelling mrȃv)
- ant
Declension
Further reading
- “мрав”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025