meduza

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Ingrian

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Meduzat.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian медуза (meduza).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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meduza

  1. jellyfish
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27:
      Vees meduza ono niku käppiä harotettu zontikka.
      In the water the jellyfish is like a spread out umbrella.

Declension

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Declension of meduza (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meduza meduzat
genitive meduzan meduzoin
partitive meduzaa meduzoja
illative meduzaa meduzoihe
inessive meduzaas meduzois
elative meduzast meduzoist
allative meduzalle meduzoille
adessive meduzaal meduzoil
ablative meduzalt meduzoilt
translative meduzaks meduzoiks
essive meduzanna, meduzaan meduzoinna, meduzoin
exessive1) meduzant meduzoint
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.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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meduza

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from New Latin medūsa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛˈdu.za/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uza
  • Syllabification: me‧du‧za
  • Homophone: Meduza

Noun

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meduza f

  1. jellyfish (aquatic animal)

Declension

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noun

Descendants

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  • Yiddish: מעדוזע (meduze)

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from New Latin medūsa. Reinforced in later natural use by mythological Medusa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /medǔːza/
  • Hyphenation: me‧du‧za

Noun

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medúza f (Cyrillic spelling меду́за)

  1. jellyfish

Declension

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