морда

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, from an Iranian language, based on the appearance of /r/ in place of /l/; cognate with Old English molda (“head”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lifted up, high”), Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán, “forehead, head, apex”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀‎ (ka-mərəδa, “head”). See Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmordə]
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Noun

мо́рда • (mórda) f inan (genitive мо́рды, nominative plural мо́рды, genitive plural морд)

face of an animal, muzzle, snout
морда кошки ― morda koški ― cat snout
(colloquial, pejorative) face of a person (usually ugly), mug

Declension

Declension of мо́рда (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мо́рда mórda	мо́рды mórdy
genitive	мо́рды mórdy	мо́рд mórd
dative	мо́рде mórde	мо́рдам mórdam
accusative	мо́рду mórdu	мо́рды mórdy
instrumental	мо́рдой, мо́рдою mórdoj, mórdoju	мо́рдами mórdami
prepositional	мо́рде mórde	мо́рдах mórdax

Synonyms

(mug): ро́жа (róža), ха́ря (xárja), ры́ло (rýlo), (taboo) еба́ло (jebálo), еба́льник (jebálʹnik)

Derived terms

морда́ха (mordáxa)
морда́шка (mordáška)

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