See also: мощна and мошња

Bulgarian edit

 
мошна на боб

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

мо́шна (móšnaf (dialectal)

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

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): [mɐʂˈna]
  • (file)

Noun edit

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

  1. (archaic) pouch, purse

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References edit

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

Further reading edit

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