žurka

== Latvian == === Alternative forms === (dialectal forms) šurks, žorks, žurks === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish szczurek (“little rat, mouse”), diminutive of szczur (“rat”), first mentioned in the 17th century, apparently still as a foreign word; in the 18th century, it had already acquired its present form (but compare dialectal variants žurks, žorks, šurks). Compare Lithuanian žiurkė. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʒùɾka], IPA(key): [ˈʒūɾka] === Noun === žurka m (dialectal) genitive singular of žurks žurka f (4th declension) rat (esp. genus Rattus) žurku slazds ― a rat (= mouse) trap žurku inde ― rat poison žurku zāles ― rat medicine (= poison) slapjš kā (ūdens) žurka ― as wet as a (water) rat pliks kā baznīcas žurka ― as naked as a church rat (= very poor) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== žurkulēns ==== See also ==== pele f === References === == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒûrka/ Hyphenation: ʒûr‧ka === Noun === žȗrka f (Cyrillic spelling жу̑рка) (chiefly Bosnia, Serbia) party Synonyms: zabava, fešta, parti ==== Usage notes ==== The more common locative/dative form of žurka in the colloquial language is žurci, while žurki is the normative form. ==== Declension ====