морс

Russian

Etymology

Attested in the 16th-century Domostroy as "вишневый морс" and "малиновый морс". Usually associated with мороси́ть (morosítʹ, “to drizzle”), but compare Romanian mursă (“mead, juice”). Association with Lithuanian smarsas (“fat, smell of greasy meat”) is doubtful. Alternatively derived from Moosbeere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mors]

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Noun

морс • (mors) m inan (genitive мо́рса, nominative plural мо́рсы, genitive plural мо́рсов)

1. mors (a traditional Russian non-carbonated drink made from wild berries, usually lingonberry and/or cranberry)

Declension

Declension of морс (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мо́рс mórs	мо́рсы mórsy
genitive	мо́рса mórsa	мо́рсов mórsov
dative	мо́рсу mórsu	мо́рсам mórsam
accusative	мо́рс mórs	мо́рсы mórsy
instrumental	мо́рсом mórsom	мо́рсами mórsami
prepositional	мо́рсе mórse	мо́рсах mórsax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “морс”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “морс”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 544