morka

See also: mörka and morką

Lithuanian

Etymology

From an older morkvà, borrowed from Belarusian мо́рква (mórkva, “carrots”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moːrˈkɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɐ
• Syllabification: mor‧kà

Noun

morkà f (plural mõrkos) stress pattern 4

1. carrot (Daucus carota ssp. sativus)

Declension

Declension of morkà

	singular	plural
nominative	morkà	mõrkos
genitive	morkõs	morkų̃
dative	mõrkai	morkóms
accusative	mõrką	morkàs
instrumental	morkà	morkomi̇̀s
locative	morkojè	morkosè
vocative	mõrka	mõrkos

Further reading

• “morka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
• “morka”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

morka f

1. definite singular of mork (non-standard since 1938)

Polish

Etymology

From morze +‎ -ka. Sense 3 is due to the fact that the Baltic sea is to the north.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.ka]
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.ka]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.ka]

Noun

morka f

1. (Chełmno) sea breeze (wind that comes from the sea)

   Morka dziś dobrze się pod Wisłę berlinką jedzie. ― The seawind is coming in nicely from the Berlin side of the Vistula today.

2. (Chełmno) seaside; seawise (direction towards the sea)

   Od morki wiatr wieje. ― It's blowing from the sea today.

4. (Kociewie) north-facing pine
5. (Kielce) rainy wind

   Synonym: pomoscyzna

Further reading

• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “morka”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 135
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “morka”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 155
• Władysław Siarkowski (1878), “morka”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 249

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔrka/, [ˈmɔrka]
• Rhymes: -ɔrka
• Hyphenation: mor‧ka

Noun

morka f (male equivalent moriak, relational adjective morčí or morčací)

1. turkey

Declension

Declension of morka
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	morka	morky
genitive	morky	moriek
dative	morke	morkám
accusative	morku	morky
locative	morke	morkách
instrumental	morkou	morkami

Further reading

• “morka”, 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, 2003–2026