мърша
Bulgarian
Etymology
Substantivized feminine form of the archaic past active participle of мра (mra, “to die”) + -ш (-š) + -а (-a), from Old Church Slavonic мьръша (mĭrŭša), мръша (mrŭša).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɤrʃə]
Noun
мъ́рша • (mǎ́rša) f
Declension
Declension of мъ́рша
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мъ́рша mǎ́rša |
мъ́рши mǎ́rši |
| definite | мъ́ршата mǎ́ršata |
мъ́ршите mǎ́ršite |
Derived terms
- мъ́ршав (mǎ́ršav, “skinny, gaunt”)
- мърля́к (mǎrlják, “rotten food, carrion”)
- мърша́р (mǎršár, “organism (animals, fungus) that feeds on dead tissue”) (epithet)
- мършоя́д (mǎršojád, “scavenger”)
Related terms
- мъ́ртъв (mǎ́rtǎv, “dead”)
- мърха (mǎrha, “notchweed /Chenopodium vulvaria/”)
- мърха́вица (mǎrhávica, “rheum, runny nose”)
References
- мърша in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- мърша in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “мърша”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 429
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