мошна

See also: мощна and мошња

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mošьna (sack), with undergone semantic shift. Still attested with its original meaning in Old Church Slavonic мошьна (mošĭna).

Noun

мо́шна • (móšnaf (dialectal)

  1. (botany) pod, follicle (seed case of beans, peas, okra, or other similar plants)
    Synonyms: шушу́лка (šušúlka), обви́вка (obvívka)

Declension

Declension of мо́шна
singular plural
indefinite мо́шна
móšna
мо́шни
móšni
definite мо́шната
móšnata
мо́шните
móšnite

Alternative forms

  • мушна́ (mušná), мушни́ца (mušníca)dialectal, with accent on the ending and vowel reduction of unstressed -o-

References

Further reading

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mošьna, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mak- (small (leather) bag or pouch), see also Lithuanian mãkas, Old High German maga, German Magen (stomach).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐʂˈna]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

мошна́ • (mošnáf inan (genitive мошны́, nominative plural мошны́, genitive plural мошо́н)

  1. (archaic) pouch, purse

Declension

Descendants

  • Finnish: massi

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “maks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Further reading

  • мошна in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru