morda

See also: mordą, mörda, and морда

Czech

Etymology

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

Further reading

• morda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• morda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Galician

Verb

morda

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of morder
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of morder

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Italian

Verb

morda

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

Anagrams

• dorma

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mordene

Noun

morda n

1. definite plural of mord

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

morda n

1. definite plural of mord

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.da/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔrda
• Syllabification: mor‧da

Noun

morda f (diminutive mordka or mordeczka or morduchna)

1. (of an animal) face
2. (derogatory) mug; human face
3. (slang) person

Usage notes

In the sense "person", the word is neutral and used especially in the dresiarz subculture.

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

Interjection

morda

1. (offensive) shut up!

Usage notes

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

Descendants

• → Czech: morda

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Verb

morda

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of morder
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of morder
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of morder
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of morder

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Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

morda (Cyrillic spelling морда)

1. (Kajkavian) perhaps
2. (Kajkavian) maybe

Synonyms

• možda

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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

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Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мори́ть (morítʹ).

Verb

morda

1. to stain

Inflection

Inflection
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	?
1st plural	morim	morim	morgam
2nd plural	morit	morit	morgat
3rd plural	mordas moriba	moriba	?
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

References

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