mozk

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• mozh, mozg, mozek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mozgъ (“marrow, brain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmozk/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmosk/

Noun

mozk m inan

1. brain

Declension

Declension of mozk (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mozk	mozky	mozci, mozkové
genitive	mozka, mozku	mozkú	mozkóv
dative	mozku	mozkoma	mozkóm
accusative	mozk	mozky	mozky
vocative	mozče	mozky	mozci, mozkové
locative	mozcě, mozku	mozkú	mozciech
instrumental	mozkem	mozkoma	mozky

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: mozek

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “mozk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění