murva

English

Etymology

From 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. 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

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

• murvás

 

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• murvahegy
• murvalevél

 

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mȗrva f (Cyrillic spelling му̑рва)

1. mulberry

   Synonym: dȕd

Declension

Declension of murva

	singular	plural
nominative	mȗrva	murve
genitive	murve	mȕrāvā / mȗrvī
dative	murvi	murvama
accusative	murvu	murve
vocative	murvo	murve
locative	murvi	murvama
instrumental	murvom	murvama

Further reading

• “murva”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin morus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /múːrʋa/

Noun

mȗrva f

1. mulberry

Inflection

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), 2014–2024

Swedish

Alternative forms

• murv

Noun

murva c

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

Declension

Declension of murva

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	murva	murvas
	definite	murvan	murvans
plural	indefinite	murvor	murvors
	definite	murvorna	murvornas

References

• Fula Ordboken

Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

Probably from Finnish.

Noun

murva

1. berry