мърша

Bulgarian

Etymology

Substantivized feminine form of the archaic past active participle of мра (mra, “to die”) +‎ -ш (-š) +‎ -а (-a), from Old Church Slavonic мьръша (mĭrŭša), мръша (mrŭša).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɤrʃɐ]

Noun

мъ́рша • (mǎ́rša) f

  1. carrion, offal (dead flesh; carcasses)
    Synonym: леш (leš)
  2. carcass (body of a dead animal)

Declension
Declension of мъ́рша
singular plural
indefinite мъ́рша
mǎ́rša		 мъ́рши
mǎ́rši
definite мъ́ршата
mǎ́ršata		 мъ́ршите
mǎ́ršite

Derived terms
  • мъ́ршав (mǎ́ršav, “skinny, gaunt”)
  • мърля́к (mǎrlják, “rotten food, carrion”)
  • мърша́р (mǎršár, “organism (animals, fungus) that feeds on dead tissue”) (epithet)
  • мършоя́д (mǎršojád, “scavenger”)
  • мъ́ртъв (mǎ́rtǎv, “dead”)
  • мърха (mǎrha, “notchweed /Chenopodium vulvaria/”)
  • мърха́вица (mǎrhávica, “rheum, runny nose”)

References
  • “мърша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “мърша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I.; Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърша”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 429
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