mõrsja

Estonian

Etymology

According to EES, a borrowing from Baltic, cf., Lithuanian marti (bride), Latvian mārša (sister-in-law), Old Prussian martin (bride). Cognates in other Finnic languages include Finnish morsian (bride), Ingrian morssia (bride), Karelian moršien (bride), Veps murzei (bride, sister-in-law).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˈɤrsjɑ/

Noun

mõrsja (genitive mõrsja, partitive mõrsjat)

  1. bride

Declension

Synonyms

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