мрамор

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *mormorъ

Old Church Slavonic мраморъ (mramorŭ)

Bulgarian мрамор

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мраморъ (mramorŭ), wherein it experienced a metathesis from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros). Proto-Slavic *mormorъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmramor]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -amor
• Syllabification^(key): мра‧мор

Noun

мра́мор • (mrámor) m (relational adjective мра́морен)

1. marble (type of stone)
2. sculpture in marble

Declension

Declension of мра́мор

	singular	plural
indefinite	мра́мор mrámor	мра́мори mrámori
definite (subject form)	мра́морът mrámorăt	мра́морите mrámorite
definite (object form)	мра́мора mrámora
count form	—	мра́мора mrámora

References

• “мрамор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мрамор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мрамор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 280

Russian

мрамор

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мраморъ (mramorŭ), from Proto-Slavic *mormorъ, a borrowing from Latin marmor. Displaced the inherited Old East Slavic мороморъ (moromorŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmramər]

• Audio:

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Noun

мра́мор • (mrámor) m inan (genitive мра́мора, uncountable, relational adjective мра́морный)

1. marble

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	мра́мор mrámor
genitive	мра́мора mrámora
dative	мра́мору mrámoru
accusative	мра́мор mrámor
instrumental	мра́мором mrámorom
prepositional	мра́море mrámore

Related terms

• Мра́морное мо́ре (Mrámornoje móre)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: mraamori

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мрамор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin marmor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mrâmoːr/
• Hyphenation: мра‧мор

Noun

мра̏мо̄р m inan (Latin spelling mrȁmōr)

1. marble (stone)

Declension

Declension of мрамор

	singular	plural
nominative	мрамор	мрамори
genitive	мрамора	мрамора
dative	мрамору	мраморима
accusative	мрамор	мраморе
vocative	мраморе	мрамори
locative	мрамору	мраморима
instrumental	мрамором	мраморима

Derived terms

• мра̏мо̄рнӣ