бисер

Bulgarian

بُسْر (busr)

Etymology

From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

Noun

бѝсер • (bìser) m

1. pearl
2. (colloquial) something silly but humorous and memorable that a person has said

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Macedonian

بُسْر (busr)

Etymology

From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

Noun

бисер • (biser) m

1. pearl
2. (colloquial) something silly but humorous and memorable that a person has said

Inflection

Declension of бисер

	singular	plural
indefinite	бисер	бисери
definite unspecified	бисерот	бисерите
definite proximal	бисеров	бисериве
definite distal	бисерон	бисерине
vocative	бисеру	бисери
count form	—	бисера

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Russian

بُسْر (busr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бисьръ (bisĭrŭ, “pearls”), from Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲisʲɪr]

Noun

би́сер • (bíser) m inan (genitive би́сера, uncountable)

1. beads

   вышива́ть би́сером ― vyšivátʹ bíserom ― to bead

   вы́шивка би́сером ― výšivka bíserom ― beading, beadwork

   мета́ть би́сер пе́ред сви́ньями ― metátʹ bíser péred svínʹjami ― to cast pearls before swine

Declension

Declension of би́сер (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	би́сер bíser
genitive	би́сера bísera
dative	би́серу bíseru
accusative	би́сер bíser
instrumental	би́сером bíserom
prepositional	би́сере bísere

Related terms

• бисерный (bisernyj)

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Serbo-Croatian

بُسْر (busr)

Etymology

From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐser/
• Hyphenation: би‧сер

Noun

бѝсер m (Latin spelling bìser)

1. pearl

Declension

Declension of бисер

	singular	plural
nominative	бѝсер	бисери
genitive	бисера	би̏се̄ра̄
dative	бисеру	бисерима
accusative	бисер	бисере
vocative	бисеру	бисери
locative	бисеру	бисерима
instrumental	бисером	бисерима

Derived terms

• бѝсе̄ран