mórzgi

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Alteration of earlier mózgi, from Proto-Slavic *mozgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *masgas, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos (marrow, brain). Cognate with Upper Sorbian mozy, Polish mózg, Czech mozek, Polabian múzǵë.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɨrzɡʲi/, /ˈmɛrzɡʲi/, (dated) /ˈmʊrzɡʲi/

Noun[edit]

mórzgi ? pl

  1. brain

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mórzgi”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mórzgi”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag