samuraj

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 侍(さむらい) (samurai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsamuraj]
• Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧raj

Noun

samuraj m anim (female equivalent samurajka, relational adjective samurajský)

1. (historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

Declension

Declension of samuraj (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	samuraj	samurajové
genitive	samuraje	samurajů
dative	samurajovi, samuraji	samurajům
accusative	samuraje	samuraje
vocative	samuraji	samurajové
locative	samurajovi, samuraji	samurajích
instrumental	samurajem	samuraji

Further reading

• “samuraj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “samuraj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “samuraj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Latvian

Noun

samuraj

1. vocative singular of samurajs

Polish

samurajowie

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 侍(さむらい) (samurai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmu.raj/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uraj
• Syllabification: sa‧mu‧raj

Noun

samuraj m pers (related adjective samurajski)

1. (historical) samurai (soldier who served a daimyo in feudal Japan)

   Hypernym: rycerz

2. (figurative) samurai (noble man who upholds the principles of honor)

   Synonym: człowiek honoru

Declension

Declension of samuraj

	singular	plural
nominative	samuraj	samurajowie/samuraje
genitive	samuraja	samurajów/samurai
dative	samurajowi	samurajom
accusative	samuraja	samurajów/samurai
instrumental	samurajem	samurajami
locative	samuraju	samurajach
vocative	samuraju	samurajowie/samuraje

Further reading

• “samuraj”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “samuraj”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• samuraj in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samǔraːj/
• Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧raj

Noun

samùrāj m anim (Cyrillic spelling саму̀ра̄ј)

1. samurai

Declension

Declension of samuraj

	singular	plural
nominative	samùrāj	samuraji
genitive	samurája	samuraja
dative	samuraju	samurajima
accusative	samuraja	samuraje
vocative	samuraju	samuraji
locative	samuraju	samurajima
instrumental	samurajem	samurajima

Further reading

• “samuraj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese 侍 (さむらい, samurai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samuraj/, [ˈsamuraɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -uraj
• Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧raj

Noun

samuraj m pers (female equivalent samurajka, relational adjective samurajský)

1. samurai (a member of a feudal Japanese warrior class)

Declension

Declension of samuraj
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	samuraj	samurajovia
genitive	samuraja	samurajov
dative	samurajovi	samurajom
accusative	samuraja	samurajov
locative	samurajovi	samurajoch
instrumental	samurajom	samurajmi

Derived terms

nouns

• samurajstvo

References

• “samuraj”, 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

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

Noun

samuraj c

1. samurai

Declension

Declension of samuraj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	samuraj	samurajs
	definite	samurajen	samurajens
plural	indefinite	samurajer	samurajers
	definite	samurajerna	samurajernas

Derived terms

• samurajsvärd (“samurai sword”)

See also

• katana

References

• “samuraj”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “samuraj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “samuraj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)