meduza

See also: Meduza, medúza, Medúza, medūza, Medūza, medūzā, Medūzā, medůza, Medůza, meduzą, Meduzą, medūzą, Medūzą, and meduză

Ingrian

Meduzat.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian медуза (meduza).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmeduzɑ/, [ˈme̞duz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmeduːzɑ/, [ˈme̞tˑuːʒ̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -eduz, -eduːzɑ
• Hyphenation: me‧du‧za

Noun

meduza

1. jellyfish
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27:

     Vees meduza ono niku käppiä harotettu zontikka.

     In the water the jellyfish is like a spread out umbrella.

Declension

Declension of meduza (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	meduza	meduzat
genitive	meduzan	meduzoin
partitive	meduzaa	meduzoja
illative	meduzaa	meduzoihe
inessive	meduzaas	meduzois
elative	meduzast	meduzoist
allative	meduzalle	meduzoille
adessive	meduzaal	meduzoil
ablative	meduzalt	meduzoilt
translative	meduzaks	meduzoiks
essive	meduzanna, meduzaan	meduzoinna, meduzoin
exessive1)	meduzant	meduzoint
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.

Polish

meduza

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin medūsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈdu.za/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -uza
• Syllabification: me‧du‧za
• Homophone: Meduza

Noun

meduza f

1. jellyfish (aquatic animal)

Declension

Declension of meduza

	singular	plural
nominative	meduza	meduzy
genitive	meduzy	meduz
dative	meduzie	meduzom
accusative	meduzę	meduzy
instrumental	meduzą	meduzami
locative	meduzie	meduzach
vocative	meduzo	meduzy

Related terms

noun

• Meduza

 

Descendants

• → Yiddish: מעדוזע (meduze)

Further reading

• meduza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• meduza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin medūsa. Reinforced in later natural use by mythological Medusa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /medǔːza/
• Hyphenation: me‧du‧za

Noun

medúza f (Cyrillic spelling меду́за)

1. jellyfish

Declension

Declension of meduza

	singular	plural
nominative	meduza	meduze
genitive	meduze	meduza
dative	meduzi	meduzama
accusative	meduzu	meduze
vocative	meduzo	meduze
locative	meduzi	meduzama
instrumental	meduzom	meduzama