mõrsja
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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *morcijan, according to “mõrsja”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012, a borrowing from Baltic, cf., Lithuanian marti (“bride”), Latvian mārša (“sister-in-law”), Old Prussian martin (“bride”). Cognates in other Finnic languages include Finnish morsian (“bride”), Ingrian morssia (“bride”), Karelian moršien (“bride”), Veps murzei (“bride, sister-in-law”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mõrsja (genitive mõrsja, partitive mõrsjat)
Declension
| Declension of mõrsja (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mõrsja | mõrsjad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | mõrsja | ||
| genitive | mõrsjate | ||
| partitive | mõrsjat | mõrsjaid | |
| illative | mõrsjasse | mõrsjatesse mõrsjaisse | |
| inessive | mõrsjas | mõrsjates mõrsjais | |
| elative | mõrsjast | mõrsjatest mõrsjaist | |
| allative | mõrsjale | mõrsjatele mõrsjaile | |
| adessive | mõrsjal | mõrsjatel mõrsjail | |
| ablative | mõrsjalt | mõrsjatelt mõrsjailt | |
| translative | mõrsjaks | mõrsjateks mõrsjaiks | |
| terminative | mõrsjani | mõrsjateni | |
| essive | mõrsjana | mõrsjatena | |
| abessive | mõrsjata | mõrsjateta | |
| comitative | mõrsjaga | mõrsjatega | |