дурман

Russian

Etymology

A Russian formation based on дурно́й (durnój). An alternative hypothesis linking the word to Turkish derman (“medicine”) is rejected.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʊrˈman]

Noun

дурма́н • (durmán) m inan (genitive дурма́на, nominative plural дурма́ны, genitive plural дурма́нов)

  1. datura
  2. (figuratively) narcotic, drug

Declension
Declension of дурма́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative дурма́н
durmán		 дурма́ны
durmány
genitive дурма́на
durmána		 дурма́нов
durmánov
dative дурма́ну
durmánu		 дурма́нам
durmánam
accusative дурма́н
durmán		 дурма́ны
durmány
instrumental дурма́ном
durmánom		 дурма́нами
durmánami
prepositional дурма́не
durmáne		 дурма́нах
durmánax

Descendants
  • → Czech: durman
  • → Serbo-Croatian: durman (rare, not successful)
  • → Slovak: durman
  • → Ukrainian: дурма́н (durmán)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дурма́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.