morža

See also: morza and morzą

Ingrian

Morža.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian морж (morž), in turn borrowed from a Uralic language. Cognates include Finnish mursu and Karelian muršu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmorʒɑ/, [ˈmo̞rʒ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmorʒɑ/, [ˈmo̞rʒ̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -orʒ, -orʒɑ
• Hyphenation: mor‧ža

Noun

morža

1. walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 102:

     Jäätelil uijuu morƶa.

     In the ice the walrus swims.

Declension

Declension of morža (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	morža	moržat
genitive	moržan	moržiin
partitive	moržaa	moržia
illative	moržaa	moržii
inessive	moržaas	moržiis
elative	moržast	moržist
allative	moržalle	moržille
adessive	moržaal	moržiil
ablative	moržalt	moržilt
translative	moržaks	moržiks
essive	moržanna, moržaan	moržinna, moržiin
exessive1)	moržant	moržint
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.