пурпур
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Purpur, from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra); cognate with English purple.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
пу́рпур • (púrpur) m inan (genitive пу́рпура, nominative plural пу́рпуры, genitive plural пу́рпуров, relational adjective пу́рпурный or пурпу́рный)
- (historical) Tyrian purple (dye or dyed cloth)
- crimson
Declension edit
Declension of пу́рпур (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms edit
- пурпурный (purpurnyj)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пурпур”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress