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morž

морж

mȍrž · /môrʒ/ · masc.

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NOUN
  1. walrus
    Morž ima dva duga zuba i debelu kožu. — A walrus has two long tusks and thick skin.
  2. colloq. humor. (of a person, after Russian) winter swimmer
    Novinari su ih prozvali morževima jer plivaju u Dunavu usred januara. — Journalists nicknamed them walruses because they swim in the Danube in the middle of January.

The 'winter swimmer' sense is a nickname modelled on Russian, met mostly in reports about winter swimming. The neutral Serbian terms are zimski plivač, zimski kupač.

Declension, masc.
singularplural
Nom.moržmorževi
Gen.moržamorževa
Dat.moržumorževima
Acc.moržamorževe
Voc.moržumorževi
Ins.moržemmorževima
Loc.moržumorževima
AI Updated 29 October 2026