морда

Per Vasmer,[1] from an Iranian language, based on the appearance of /r/ in place of /l/; cognate with Polish morda (“head”), Old English molda (“head”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lifted up, high”), Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán, “forehead, head, apex”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀‎ (ka-mər^əδa, “head”). See Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́. Possibly connected with synonymous Armenian մռութ (mṙutʿ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmordə]

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

1. face of an animal, muzzle, snout

   мо́рда ко́шки ― mórda kóški ― cat snout

2. (colloquial, derogatory) face of a person (usually ugly), mug

   Synonyms: ро́жа (róža), ха́ря (xárja), ры́ло (rýlo); (taboo) еба́ло (jebálo), еба́льник (jebálʹnik), еба́льце (jebálʹce)

• морда́ха (mordáxa)
• морда́шка (mordáška)

• → Ingrian: morda

• Saradževa, L. A. (1984), “Заметки по армяно-славянской этимологии [Remarks on Armeno-Slavonic Etymology]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Russian), issue 1, pages 158–159

Borrowed from an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́, whence also Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀‎ (ka-mər^əδa, “head”). Cognate with Polish morda (“head”), Old English molda (“head”), Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “lifted up, high”), Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán, “forehead, head, apex”).[1] Possibly connected with synonymous Armenian մռութ (mṙutʿ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmordə]

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мо́рда • (mórda) f inan (genitive мо́рди, nominative plural мо́рди, genitive plural морд, diminutive мо́рдочка)

1. snout, muzzle, face (of an animal)
2. (familiar) face, fizzog, phizog, mush (front part of the head of a human)
3. (derogatory) mug, ugly mug

   Synonyms: пи́сок m (pýsok), ри́ло n (rýlo)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “морда”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “морда”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “морда”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “морда”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “морда”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “морда”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “морда”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)