мърша

Bulgarian

мърша от умрял кон

Etymology

ja-stem variant of Proto-Slavic *mьrxa (“decay”). Attested as мьръша (mĭrŭša), мръша (mrŭša) in Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɤrʃɐ]

Noun

мъ́рша • (mǎ́rša) f

1. carrion, offal (dead flesh; carcasses)

   Synonym: леш (leš)

2. carcass (body of a dead animal)
3. (derogatory) insult towards an unpleasant person

Declension

Declension of мъ́рша

	singular	plural
indefinite	мъ́рша mǎ́rša	мъ́рши mǎ́rši
definite	мъ́ршата mǎ́ršata	мъ́ршите mǎ́ršite

Derived terms

• мъ́ршел (mǎ́ršel, “carcass”)
  • мръшля́к (mrǎšlják, “rotten, putrid meat”) (colloquial)
• мърша́р m (mǎršár), мърша́рка f (mǎršárka) (agent nouns)
• мъ́ршав (mǎ́ršav, “skinny, gaunt”)
• мършоя́д (mǎršojád), мършоя́дец (mǎršojádec, “scavenger”)
• → Byzantine Greek: μούρσια f (moúrsia, “carcass”)
  • Greek: μούρσια f (moúrsia, “carcass”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Greek: μουρσιάζω (moursiázo, verb) (dialectal)

Related terms

• мъ́ртъв (mǎ́rtǎv, “dead”)
• мъ́рха (mǎ́rha, “Chenopodium vulvaria”) (type of stinking plant)
• мърци́на (mǎrcína, “animal which has died of natural causes”) (dialectal)

References

• “мърша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мърша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мрь́шꙗ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 89
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърша”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 429
• “мърша”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007