мусор

• му́соръ (músor) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusər]

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Uncertain.

Per Vasmer, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-, and cognate with Ancient Greek μύσος (músos, “pollution, desecration”), Ancient Greek μυσαρός (musarós, “vile, covered with shame”), Old Irish mosach (“unclean”), Low German mussig (“dirty”).

Per Preobrazhensky and Trubachyov, cognate with dialectal terms бу́сор (búsor, “junk, old stuff”), бу́сырь (búsyrʹ), бу́сорь (búsorʹ), and probably borrowed from a Turkic language with alternation between /b/ and /m/; Trubachyov in particular characterizes Vasmer's derivation as unconvincing.

An expressive connection with сор (sor, “rubbish, trash”) is also suggested.

му́сор • (músor) m inan (genitive му́сора, uncountable, relational adjective му́сорный, diminutive мусоро́к)

1. garbage, debris, refuse

   Synonyms: отбро́с (otbrós), отхо́ды (otxódy), сор (sor), хлам (xlam)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мусор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

From the pre-1917 acronym МУС (MUS) for Моско́вский уголо́вный сыск (Moskóvskij ugolóvnyj sysk, “Moscow Criminal Detective Department”).

му́сор • (músor) m anim (genitive му́сора, nominative plural мусора́, genitive plural мусоро́в, diminutive мусоро́к)

1. (slang, derogatory) cop, pig (policeman)

   Synonyms: мент (ment), лега́вый (legávyj), фарао́н (faraón); (neutral term) полице́йский (policéjskij), милиционе́р (milicionér)

   Antonym: вор (vor)

Borrowed from Russian му́сор (músor).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusɔr]

му́сор • (músor) m pers (genitive му́сора, nominative plural мусори́, genitive plural мусорі́в)

1. (slang, derogatory) cop, pig (police officer)

• Kondratiuk, T. M. (2006) “мусор”, in Словник сучасного українського сленгу [Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Slang] (in Ukrainian), Kharkiv: Folio, →ISBN