# morsa
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French morse, from Russian морж (morž).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmor.sə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmoɾ.sa]

### Noun

morsa f (plural morses)
* walrus
** 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Duien pells tan contundents que feien pensar en cossos de morsa.They brought furs so thick they brought to mind bodies of walruses.

### Further reading

* “morsa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔɾsa/ [ˈmɔɾ.s̺ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɔɾsa
* Hyphenation: mor‧sa

### Noun

morsa f (plural morsas)
* walrus

### Further reading

* “morsa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔr.sa/
* Rhymes: -ɔrsa
* Hyphenation: mòr‧sa

### Noun

morsa f (plural morse)
* vice, vise, grip, clamp

#### Derived terms

* morsetto

### Anagrams

* Rasmo

## Latin
### Noun

morsa
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of morsum

### Participle

morsa
* inflection of morsus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

### Participle

morsā
* ablative feminine singular of morsus

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

morsa n
* definite plural of mors

### Verb

morsa
* inflection of morse:
** simple past
** past participle

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔr.sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrsa
* Syllabification: mor‧sa

### Noun

morsa m
* genitive/accusative singular of mors

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Ultimately from Sami; compare Northern Sami morša.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɔʁ.sɐ/ [ˈmɔh.sɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɔʁ.sɐ/ [ˈmɔh.sɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈmɔɾ.sɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmɔʁ.sɐ/ [ˈmɔχ.sɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmɔɻ.sa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɔɾ.sɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾsɐ, (most of Brazil) -ɔʁsɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɔɻsa
* Hyphenation: mor‧sa

### Noun

morsa f (plural morsas)
* walrus
* vise

### Further reading

* “morsa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoɾsa/ [ˈmoɾ.sa]
* Rhymes: -oɾsa
* Syllabification: mor‧sa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French morse, from Northern Sami morša.

#### Noun

morsa f (plural morsas)
* walrus

#### See also

* foca f

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

morsa m (plural morsas)
* (Rioplatense) (US) vise, (UK) vice (an instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing)
    Synonym: tornillo de banco

### Further reading

* “morsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Hypocoristic form of mor, compare farsa and brorsa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²mʊʂa/

#### Noun

morsa c
* (colloquial) mother
    Synonyms: mamma, mor
    Coordinate term: farsa

##### Usage notes

* When addressing one's own mother, the definite form morsan is used.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From the greeting mors. Possibly an alteration of morgon (“morning”), or from Tavringer Romani mus, muss, musij, mossj, måssj (“man, person”), from Romani murś (“man”). Related to Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya, “man”). Compare English mush.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²mɔʂa/

#### Verb

morsa (present morsar, preterite morsade, supine morsat, imperative morsa)
* (colloquial) to greet

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Related terms

* mors

### References

* morsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* Gerd Carling (2005) “musch”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 93

### Anagrams

* Moras, moars