мишура

Russian

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the first half of the 17th century. In view of мисю́рка (misjúrka, “a kind of helmet-armour with a net”), Ukrainian місю́рка (misjúrka, “a kind of helmet-armour with a net; glass-pearl”) apparently borrowed from one of the notorious Turkic languages which change /b/ to /m/, doublet of би́сер (bíser, “beads, pearls”) or whatever Turkic word that armour name hails from.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mʲɪʂʊˈra]

Noun

мишура́ • (mišurá) f inan (genitive мишуры́, uncountable)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	мишура́ mišurá
genitive	мишуры́ mišurý
dative	мишуре́ mišuré
accusative	мишуру́ mišurú
instrumental	мишуро́й, мишуро́ю mišurój, mišuróju
prepositional	мишуре́ mišuré

Derived terms

мишу́рный (mišúrnyj)

Descendants

→ Belarusian: мішура́ (mišurá)
→ Erzya: мишара (mišara)
→ Ingrian: mišura
→ Moksha: мишара (mišara)
→ Ukrainian: мішура́ (mišurá)

Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мишура”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 536
Vasmer, Max (1967) “мишура”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 631