murva
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English
Etymology
Noun
murva (uncountable)
- Synonym of marool
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1332. Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *mьrva.[1] Compare Czech mrva, Serbo-Croatian mȑva, Slovak mrva, Ukrainian ме́рва (mérva).
Pronunciation
Noun
murva (countable and uncountable, plural murvák)
- (botany) bract (leaf or leaf-like structure)
- Synonyms: murvalevél, fellevél, előlevél
- (regional) rubble (the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry)
- (regional) fragments of broken straw, hay, or dry reeds
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | murva | murvák |
| accusative | murvát | murvákat |
| dative | murvának | murváknak |
| instrumental | murvával | murvákkal |
| causal-final | murváért | murvákért |
| translative | murvává | murvákká |
| terminative | murváig | murvákig |
| essive-formal | murvaként | murvákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | murvában | murvákban |
| superessive | murván | murvákon |
| adessive | murvánál | murváknál |
| illative | murvába | murvákba |
| sublative | murvára | murvákra |
| allative | murvához | murvákhoz |
| elative | murvából | murvákból |
| delative | murváról | murvákról |
| ablative | murvától | murváktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
murváé | murváké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
murváéi | murvákéi |
| Possessive forms of murva | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | murvám | murváim |
| 2nd person sing. | murvád | murváid |
| 3rd person sing. | murvája | murvái |
| 1st person plural | murvánk | murváink |
| 2nd person plural | murvátok | murváitok |
| 3rd person plural | murvájuk | murváik |
Derived terms
(Compound words with this term at the beginning):
References
- ^ murva in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- murva in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- murva in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin mōrus. First attested in the 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
mȗrva f (Cyrillic spelling му̑рва)
Declension
Declension of murva
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “murva”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 644
Further reading
- “murva”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mȗrva f
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | múrva | ||
| gen. sing. | múrve | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
múrva | múrvi | múrve |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
múrve | múrv | múrv |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
múrvi | múrvama | múrvam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
múrvo | múrvi | múrve |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
múrvi | múrvah | múrvah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
múrvo | múrvama | múrvami |
Further reading
- “murva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
Alternative forms
Noun
murva c
Declension
Declension of murva
References
Traveller Norwegian
Etymology
Probably from Finnish.
Noun
murva