Latvian

Žurka

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) šurks, žorks, žurks

Noun

žurka m

1. (dialectal form) genitive singular form of žurks

žurka f (4th declension)

1. 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

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “žurka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

žurka f ‎(Cyrillic spelling журка)

1. party

Declension

Usage notes

The more common locative/dative form of žurka in the colloquial language is žurci, while žurki is the normative form.