мура

Bulgarian

Байкушева мура (spec. Bosnian pine) – the oldest conifer tree in Bulgaria

Etymology

Unclear; either of substrate origin or a substantivized form of Proto-Slavic *murъ (“dusky, muddy”), whence Bulgarian мура́ва (muráva, “meadow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmurɐ]
• Rhymes: -urɐ

Noun

му́ра • (múra) f

1. large pine (heterogenous)

Declension

Declension of му́ра

	singular	plural
indefinite	му́ра múra	му́ри múri
definite	му́рата múrata	му́рите múrite

Hyponyms

• бяла мура (bjala mura, “Pinus peuce”) (literally: “white mura”)
• черна мура (černa mura, “Pinus heldreichii”) (literally: “black mura”)

References

• “мура¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мура”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мура¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mura, cognate with Proto-Slavic *murъ and further with Lithuanian mauras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊˈra]

Noun

мура́ • (murá) f inan (genitive муры́, uncountable)

1. (colloquial) nonsense, garbage, rubbish

   Synonyms: ерунда́ (jerundá), глу́пость (glúpostʹ), чепуха́ (čepuxá), пустя́к (pustják), безде́лица (bezdélica), бессмы́слица (bessmýslica), чушь (čušʹ)

Declension

Declension of мура́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	мура́ murá
genitive	муры́ murý
dative	муре́ muré
accusative	муру́ murú
instrumental	муро́й, муро́ю murój, muróju
prepositional	муре́ muré