morda

See also: mordą, mörda, and морда

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish morda, from East Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *mъrda, deverbal of *mъrdati, whence Czech mrdat. Cognate with Russian мо́рда (mórda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmorda]

Noun

morda f

1. muzzle

   Synonym: huba

2. (mildly vulgar) trap (human's mouth or face)

   Synonyms: huba, držka

Declension

Declension of morda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	morda	mordy
genitive	mordy	mord
dative	mordě	mordám
accusative	mordu	mordy
vocative	mordo	mordy
locative	mordě	mordách
instrumental	mordou	mordami

Further reading

• “morda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “morda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “morda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Galician

Verb

morda

1. inflection of morder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian морда (morda).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmordɑ/, [ˈmo̞rd]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmordɑ/, [ˈmo̞rd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ord, -ordɑ
• Hyphenation: mor‧da

Noun

morda

1. muzzle, snout (face of an animal)
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 76:

     Elokkail ono morda, a inmihiseel - liitsa.

     Animals have a snout, but humans have a face.

Declension

Declension of morda (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	morda	mordat
genitive	mordan	mordiin
partitive	mordaa	mordia
illative	mordaa	mordii
inessive	mordaas	mordiis
elative	mordast	mordist
allative	mordalle	mordille
adessive	mordaal	mordiil
ablative	mordalt	mordilt
translative	mordaks	mordiks
essive	mordanna, mordaan	mordinna, mordiin
exessive1)	mordant	mordint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• antaa mordaa

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Italian

Verb

morda

1. inflection of mordere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• dorma

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mordene

Noun

morda n

1. definite plural of mord

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

morda n

1. definite plural of mord

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from East Slavic. Compare Russian мо́рда (mórda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrda
• Syllabification: mor‧da

Noun

morda f (diminutive mordka or morduchna)

1. snout, muzzle (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs)
2. (derogatory) mug (human face)
3. (slang) homie, bro (close friend)

Declension

Declension of morda

	singular	plural
nominative	morda	mordy
genitive	mordy	mord
dative	mordzie	mordom
accusative	mordę	mordy
instrumental	mordą	mordami
locative	mordzie	mordach
vocative	mordo	mordy

Derived terms

nouns

• moczymorda

 

Related terms

nouns

• mordeczka

 

Interjection

morda

1. (offensive) shut up!

Usage notes

Usually combined with a derogatory noun in the vocative, e.g., "morda, pajacu!"

Descendants

• → Czech: morda
• → Yiddish: מאָרדע (morde)

Further reading

• morda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• morda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

morda

1. inflection of morder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

morda (Cyrillic spelling морда)

1. (Kajkavian) perhaps, maybe

   Synonym: možda

Slovene

Etymology

From mọ́re dȁ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔrdá/

Adverb

mordȁ

1. maybe, perhaps

   Synonym: mogọ́če

Further reading

• “morda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “morda”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мори́ть (morítʹ).

Verb

morda

1. to stain

Inflection

Inflection of morda (inflection type 20/oppida)
1st infinitive	morda
present indic.	morib
past indic.	mori
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	morin	morin	—
2nd singular	morid	morid	mori
3rd singular	morib	mori	morgaha
1st plural	morim	morim	morgam
2nd plural	morit	morit	morgat
3rd plural	mordas moriba	moriba	morgaha
sing. conneg.1	mori	morind	mori
plur. conneg.	morgoi	mornugoi	morgoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	morižin	mornuižin	mornen
2nd singular	morižid	mornuižid	morned
3rd singular	moriži	mornuiži	morneb
1st plural	morižim	mornuižim	mornem
2nd plural	morižit	mornuižit	mornet
3rd plural	morižiba	mornuižiba	morneba
connegative	moriži	mornuiži	morne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	morda
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	mordes	inessive	mormas
instructive	morden	illative	mormaha
participles		elative	mormaspäi
present active	morii	adessive	mormal
past active	mornu	abessive	mormat
past passive	mordud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “морить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika