мура
Bulgarian
Etymology
Unclear; either of substrate origin or a substantivized form of Proto-Slavic *murъ (“dusky, muddy”), whence Bulgarian мура́ва (muráva, “meadow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmurɐ]
- Rhymes: -urɐ
Noun
му́ра • (múra) f
- large pine (heterogenous)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | му́ра múra |
му́ри múri |
| definite | му́рата múrata |
му́рите múrite |
Hyponyms
- бяла мура (bjala mura, “Pinus peuce”) (literally: “white mura”)
- черна мура (černa mura, “Pinus heldreichii”) (literally: “black mura”)
References
- “мура¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мура”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мура¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mura, cognate with Proto-Slavic *murъ and further with Lithuanian mauras.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʊˈra]
Noun
мура́ • (murá) f inan (genitive муры́, uncountable)
- (colloquial) nonsense, garbage, rubbish
- Synonyms: ерунда́ (jerundá), глу́пость (glúpostʹ), чепуха́ (čepuxá), пустя́к (pustják), безде́лица (bezdélica), бессмы́слица (bessmýslica), чушь (čušʹ)