# мрежа
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мрѣжа (mrěža), from Proto-Slavic *merža.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmrɛʒɐ]

### Noun

мре́жа • (mréža) f
* net, mesh, web (including in the sense Internet)
    мрежа за риболов ― mreža za ribolov ― fishnet
    влизам в Мрежата ― vlizam v Mrežata ― to log in the Internet
* network, meshwork
* grid, lattice

#### Alternative forms

* мря́жа (mrjáža) — dialectal

#### Derived terms

* (causative-iterative) мре́жа (mréža)
* (augmentative) мре́жина (mréžina)
* (diminutive) мре́жица (mréžica)
* (diminutive) мре́жка (mréžka)
* (agent noun) мрежа́р m (mrežár)
* (agent noun) мрежа́рка f (mrežárka)
* мре́жен (mréžen)
* мре́жест (mréžest)
* мре́жов (mréžov)
* мрежа́т (mrežát)

### References

* “мрежа (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “мрежа (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “мрѣ́жа”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 90
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мрежа¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 282
* “мрѣжа”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *merža.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmrɛʒa]

### Noun

мрежа • (mreža) f (relational adjective мрежен, diminutive мрежичка)
* net

#### Declension
## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak mreža, from Proto-Slavic *merža.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmrɛʒa]
* Rhymes: -ɛʒa
* Hyphenation: мре‧жа

### Noun

мрежа (mreža) f (diminutive мрежочка)
* net, mesh, web
    рибарска мрежа ― ribarska mreža ― fishing net
* network
    желєзнїцка мрежа ― željeznjicka mreža ― railway network

#### Related terms

* мрежасти (mrežasti)
* мрежнїчка (mrežnjička)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “мрежа”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “net”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 188

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мрѣжа (mrěža), from Proto-Slavic *merža. Doublet of мерёжа (merjóža), the inherited East Slavic form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmrʲeʐə]

### Noun

мре́жа • (mréža) f inan (genitive мре́жи, nominative plural мре́жи, genitive plural мреж or мре́жей)
* (dated, regional or biblical) (fish) net
    Synonyms: (modern terms) сеть (setʹ), се́тка (sétka)

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

### Further reading

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мережа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* мријежа (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *merža.

### Noun

мре̏жа f (Latin spelling mrȅža)
* hammock
* net
* network
* grid
* screen

#### Derived terms

* електромрежа
* мре̏жнӣ

### Further reading

* “мрежа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025