mrav

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech nrav, from Proto-Slavic *nȏrvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmraf]
• Rhymes: -af

Noun

mrav m inan

1. mores
2. custom

Declension

Declension of mrav (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mrav	mravy
genitive	mravu	mravů
dative	mravu	mravům
accusative	mrav	mravy
vocative	mrave	mravy
locative	mravu	mravech
instrumental	mravem	mravy

Derived terms

• mravní
• mravnost
• mravný
• mravokárce
• mravokárný
• mravoličný
• mravopočestný
• mravouk
• mravouka
• mravověda
• mravovědec
• nemravný

 

See also

• zvyk
• obyčej
• způsob

Further reading

• mrav in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mrav in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• mrav in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mrâːʋ/

Noun

mrȃv m (Cyrillic spelling мра̑в)

1. ant

Declension

Declension of mrav

	singular	plural
nominative	mrav	mravi
genitive	mrava	mrava
dative	mravu	mravima
accusative	mrava	mrave
vocative	mrave	mravi
locative	mravu	mravima
instrumental	mravom	mravima

Further reading

• “mrav” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nȏrvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmrau̯/

Noun

mrav m inan (genitive singular mravu, nominative plural mravy, genitive plural mravov, declension pattern of dub)

1. mores
2. custom

Declension

Declension of mrav

	singular	plural
nominative	mrav	mravy
genitive	mravu	mravov
dative	mravu	mravom
accusative	mrav	mravy
locative	mrave	mravoch
instrumental	mravom	mravmi

Related terms

• mravný
• mravnosť
• nemravný

See also

• zvyk
• obyčaj
• spôsob

Further reading

• “mrav”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024