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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), with the meaning transferred from the gorgon Medusa.
Pronunciation
Noun
меду́за • (medúza) f (diminutive меду́зка)
- jellyfish
Declension
References
- “медуза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “медуза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “медуза”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 712
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
медуза • (meduza) f
- jellyfish
Declension
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
меду́за • (medúza) f anim (genitive меду́зы, nominative plural меду́зы, genitive plural меду́з)
- (zoology) medusa, jellyfish
Declension
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /medǔːza/
- Hyphenation: ме‧ду‧за
Noun
меду́за f (Latin spelling medúza)
- jellyfish
Declension
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
меду́за • (medúza) f animal (genitive меду́зи, nominative plural меду́зи, genitive plural меду́з)
- (zoology) medusa, jelly fish
Declension
Declension of меду́за (animal hard fem-form accent-a)
Descendants
References