mrkva

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъrky, cognates include Bulgarian морков (morkov) and Russian морковь (morkovʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mr̩̂kʋa/
• Hyphenation: mrk‧va

Noun

mȑkva f (Cyrillic spelling мр̏ква)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) carrot

   Synonym: (Serbia) šargarépa

Declension

Declension of mrkva

	singular	plural
nominative	mȑkva	mrkve
genitive	mrkve	mȑkāvā / mȑkvī
dative	mrkvi	mrkvama
accusative	mrkvu	mrkve
vocative	mrkvo	mrkve
locative	mrkvi	mrkvama
instrumental	mrkvom	mrkvama

Further reading

• “mrkva”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъrky, cognates include Bulgarian морков (morkov) and Russian морковь (morkovʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmr̩kva]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mrk‧va

Noun

mrkva f (related adjective mrkvový, diminutive mrkvička)

1. carrot

Declension

Declension of mrkva (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	mrkva	mrkvy
genitive	mrkvy	mrkiev
dative	mrkve	mrkvám
accusative	mrkvu	mrkvy
locative	mrkve	mrkvách
instrumental	mrkvou	mrkvami

Further reading

• “mrkva”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

See mŕkev.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə̀rkʋa/

Noun

mŕkva f

1. Alternative form of mŕkev

   Synonym: korênje, korénje

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	mŕkva
gen. sing.	mŕkve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mŕkva	mŕkvi	mŕkve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mŕkve	mŕkev	mŕkev
dative (dajȃlnik)	mŕkvi	mŕkvama	mŕkvam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mŕkvo	mŕkvi	mŕkve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mŕkvi	mŕkvah	mŕkvah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mŕkvo	mŕkvama	mŕkvami

Further reading

• “mrkva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “mrkva”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references