бисер
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editби́сер • (bíser) m (relational adjective би́серен or би́серов)
- pearl
- (colloquial) quip (something silly but humorous and memorable that a person has said)
Declension
editMacedonian
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editбисер • (biser) m (relational adjective бисерен, diminutive бисерче)
- pearl
- (colloquial) something silly but humorous and memorable that a person has said
Declension
editRussian
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editби́сер • (bíser) m inan (genitive би́сера, uncountable)
- 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
editRelated terms
edit- бисерный (bisernyj)
Descendants
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editбѝсер m (Latin spelling bìser)
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “бисер” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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