[ˈʒùɾka], [ˈʒūɾka]
CilmeBorrowed 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.
- dialectal, form-of, genitive, masculine, singulargenitive singular of žurks
- declension-4, femininerat (esp. genus Rattus)
“žurku slazds” — a rat (= mouse) trap
“žurku inde” — rat poison
“žurku zāles” — rat medicine (= poison)
Formasžurka(nominative, singular) · žurkas(nominative, plural) · žurkas(genitive, singular) · žurku(genitive, plural) · žurkai(dative, singular) · žurkām(dative, plural) · žurku(accusative, singular) · žurkas(accusative, plural) · žurku(instrumental, singular) · žurkām(instrumental, plural) · žurkā(locative, singular) · žurkās(locative, plural) · žurka(singular, vocative) · žurkas(plural, vocative) · šurks(alternative) · žorks(alternative) · žurks(alternative)