mrkva

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъrky, cognates include Bulgarian морков (morkov) and Russian морковь (morkovʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mr̂kʋa/
• Hyphenation: mrk‧va

Noun

mȑkva f (Cyrillic spelling мр̏ква)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) carrot

Declension

Declension of mrkva

	singular	plural
nominative	mȑkva	mrkve
genitive	mrkve	mȑkāvā / mȑkvī
dative	mrkvi	mrkvama
accusative	mrkvu	mrkve
vocative	mrkvo	mrkve
locative	mrkvi	mrkvama
instrumental	mrkvom	mrkvama

Synonyms

• (Serbian) šargarépa

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъrky, cognates include Bulgarian морков (morkov) and Russian морковь (morkovʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmr̩k.va/
• Hyphenation: mrk‧va

Noun

mrkva f (genitive singular mrkvy, nominative plural mrkvy, genitive plural mrkiev, declension pattern of žena)

1. carrot

Declension

Declension of mrkva

	singular	plural
nominative	mrkva	mrkvy
genitive	mrkvy	mrkiev
dative	mrkve	mrkvám
accusative	mrkvu	mrkvy
locative	mrkve	mrkvách
instrumental	mrkvou	mrkvami

Derived terms

• mrkvový
• mrkvička f
• mrkvičkový

References

• mrkva in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

See mŕkev.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə̀rkʋa/

Noun

mŕkva f

1. Alternative form of mŕkev

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	mŕkva
gen. sing.	mŕkve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mŕkva	mŕkvi	mŕkve
accusative	mŕkvo	mŕkvi	mŕkve
genitive	mŕkve	mŕkev	mŕkev
dative	mŕkvi	mŕkvama	mŕkvam
locative	mŕkvi	mŕkvah	mŕkvah
instrumental	mŕkvo	mŕkvama	mŕkvami

Synonyms

• korênje, korénje

Further reading

• “mrkva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran