бумага

Russian

Etymology

Uncertain. Believed to be from Middle Persian pmbk' (“cotton”) through some Mediterranean term for cotton wool and/or cloth, since first attestations of the root in the 15th and 16th centuries are mostly with a now obsolete sense, the only remnant of which in modern active vocabulary is хлопчатобумажный (xlopčatobumažnyj, “made from cotton”). First paper was imported to Russia from Italy and Greece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈmaɡə]

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Noun

бума́га • (bumága) f inan (genitive бума́ги, nominative plural бума́ги, genitive plural бума́г)

1. (obsolete) cotton wool
2. paper
3. document

Declension

Declension of бума́га (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бума́га bumága	бума́ги bumági
genitive	бума́ги bumági	бума́г bumág
dative	бума́ге bumáge	бума́гам bumágam
accusative	бума́гу bumágu	бума́ги bumági
instrumental	бума́гой, бума́гою bumágoj, bumágoju	бума́гами bumágami
prepositional	бума́ге bumáge	бума́гах bumágax

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: пымме (pymmje)