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Lithuanian
Etymology
From an older morkvà, borrowed from Belarusian мо́рква (mórkva, “carrots”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
morkà f (plural mõrkos) stress pattern 4
- carrot (Daucus carota ssp. sativus)
Declension
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “morkà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 409
Further reading
- “morka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “morka”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
morka f
- definite singular of mork (non-standard since 1938)
Polish
Etymology
From morze + -ka. Sense 3 is due to the fact that the Baltic sea is to the north.
Pronunciation
Noun
morka f
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) sea breeze (wind that comes from the sea)
- Morka dziś dobrze się pod Wisłę berlinką jedzie. ― The seawind is coming in nicely from the Berlin side of the Vistula today.
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) seaside; seawise (direction towards the sea)
- Od morki wiatr wieje. ― It's blowing from the sea today.
- (Kociewie) north-facing pine
- (Kielce) rainy wind
- Synonym: pomoscyzna
Further reading
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “morka”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 135
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “morka”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 155
- Władysław Siarkowski (1878) “morka”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 249
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
morka f (male equivalent moriak, relational adjective morčí or morčací)
- turkey
Declension
Declension of
morka (pattern
žena)
Further reading
- “morka”, 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, 2003–2025