morka

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See also: mörka and morką

Lithuanian

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Etymology

From an older morkvà, borrowed from Belarusian мо́рква (mórkva, carrots).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

morkà f (plural mõrkos) stress pattern 4

  1. carrot (Daucus carota ssp. sativus)

Declension

References

  1. ^ 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

  1. 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

  1. (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.
  2. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) seaside; seawise (direction towards the sea)
    Od morki wiatr wieje.It's blowing from the sea today.
  3. (Kociewie) north-facing pine
  4. (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)

  1. turkey

Declension

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