murva

English

Etymology

Sanskrit मूर्वा (mūrvā)

Noun

murva (uncountable)

  1. 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
  • IPA(key): [ˈmurvɒ]
  • Hyphenation: mur‧va
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Noun

murva (countable and uncountable, plural murvák)

  1. (botany) bract (leaf or leaf-like structure)
    Synonyms: murvalevél, fellevél, előlevél
  2. (regional) rubble (the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry)
    Synonym: zúzottkő
    Coordinate terms: homok, sóder, kavics
  3. (regional) fragments of broken straw, hay, or dry reeds
    Meronyms: szalma, széna, nád

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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
  • murvás
Compound words with this term at the beginning
  • murvahegy
  • murvalevél

References
  1. 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

From Latin mōrus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mûːrʋa/
  • Hyphenation: mur‧va

Noun

mȗrva f (Cyrillic spelling му̑рва)

  1. mulberry
    Synonym: dȕd

Declension
Declension of murva
singular plural
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) murve
genitive murve mȕrāvā / mȗrvī
dative murvi murvama
accusative murvu murve
vocative murvo murve
locative murvi murvama
instrumental murvom murvama

References
  • “murva” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin morus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /múːrʋa/

Noun

mȗrva f

  1. mulberry

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “murva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

murva c

  1. (slang, vulgar) a pussy, a snatch (female genitalia)
  2. (slang, vulgar) a bush (woman's pubic hair)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

Probably from Finnish.

Noun

murva

  1. berry
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