морава

Bulgarian

морава

Etymology

From an earlier мура́ва (muráva) via opening of the root vowel. Morphologically from Proto-Slavic *murъ (“muddy”) +‎ -ава (-ava)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈravɐ]

Noun

мора́ва • (moráva) f

1. lawn, meadow, sward (grassy field)

Declension

Declension of мора́ва

	singular	plural
indefinite	мора́ва moráva	мора́ви morávi
definite	мора́вата morávata	мора́вите morávite
vocative form	мора́во morávo	мора́ви morávi

Alternative forms

• мура́ва (muráva) — obsolete

Derived terms

• мора́вина (morávina) (augmentative)

See also

• му́ръг (múrǎg) (dialectal), му́ргав (múrgav, “swarthy”) (standard)
• му́рен (múren), му́рест (múrest), му́рлив (múrliv, “dim”) (dialectal)

References

• “морава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “морава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “морава²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 238