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)

1. tinsel
2. (figurative) showiness, window dressing

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)

Further reading

• 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