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Czech
Etymology
Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl based on Russian во́рвань (vórvanʹ, “whale fat”),[1][2] from Middle Russian ворвонь (vorvonʹ, “fats, hids or skins of marine mammals”),[3] from Old East Slavic вървонъ (vŭrvonŭ, “huntable marine mammal”), which is conventionally believed to derive from Old East Norse narhval.[4]
Pronunciation
Noun
vorvaň m anim
- sperm whale
Declension
Declension of vorvaň (soft masculine animate)
References
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) “vorvaň”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 697
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “vorvaň”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “ворвань”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 231
- ^ http://gramoty.ru/thumbs/bibliography_document_vja-2020.pdf
Further reading
- “vorvaň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “vorvaň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989