Sor is ... Definition, synonyms, examples of use

What is rubbish, almost every child in any country in the world knows, is one of the categories of human waste. And let not in words, but anyone can explain the meaning of this term. And that's what sor means, how it differs from garbage, not everyone knows. Moreover, although these words seem to be single-root, this is a very common misconception. So, it is necessary to deal with the noun "rubbish": whence it arose and in which word-combinations and phraseological units is used most often.

Etymology of the term

Before you know, sor is what it is, it's important to look at the origin of this name. So the "progenitor" of this term, according to the dictionary of M. Fasmer, was the word "shit" (defecate).

As for the term "garbage", it has a completely different origin, and although it is the most commonly used synonym, it does not belong to the same root words for a given noun.

According to the classical version, this name is derived from the name "bussor" ("bead" or "bussor") meaning "junk or old things" in Turkic languages.

Other theories about the origin of the word are also common. For example, some believe that it could have come from the Greek term mouds (desecration, contamination) or from the Old Irish - mosach (unclean), even from the Lower German - mussig (dirty).

Sor - what is it? Phrases with this noun

In the Russian language the word "rubbish" is called fine dry debris, trimmings, sawdust, chips, and sometimes dust. This value is basic. Meanwhile, often this name is used in a figurative sense, when they speak of some trifle or of something completely devoid of value.

The antiquity and prevalence of this noun in the people contributed to the fact that in the speech there was widely used not one word combination with the word "sor".

So the garbage bucket of ancestors was called a weed, and the trash itself was a weed pit. Bad business is a weed thing, and the chicken of the Slavs was often considered a weed bird because of its habit of seeking food among scrap garbage in a stable or in the courtyard.

Other meanings of this term

There are also quite a few other meanings of the word "sor".

• These are four abbreviations (a birth certificate of a person, a certificate of registration of a vehicle, the name of one of the Estonian political parties is the Union of the Fatherland and Res Publica and the Sevastopol defensive region destroyed during the Great Patriotic War).
• There are several geographical names for Sor. This is the name of the Bay of Baikal, one of the Russian villages, three rivers (in Russia, France and Great Britain), as well as one of the French communes.
• Shor or rub is the name of the soil in the deserts of Central Asia.
• Also the name of Fernando Sor was worn by the famous guitarist and composer of the 19th century, who was born in Spain.
• Often this term is correlated with the English abbreviation COP (Constable On Patrol - translated as "Constable on duty"). And although it sounds quite different - [cop], because of external similarity, these names are interlingual homographs (they are equally written, sound and mean differently).

Synonyms for the word

The most commonly used synonyms for the term "rubbish" are garbage, trash, dust, rags, rubbish, dirt, dust, rubbish and garbage.

In fact, all nouns that mean any waste can be used as synonyms for this name.

The term "rubbish": root words

First of all, it is worth dispelling the myth about some nouns, which, from ignorance, they sometimes take for rooting with rubbish. In the first paragraph, it was explained why "rubbish", although it is a synonym, does not refer to the same root as the term "rubbish".

Among other similar - noun "quarrel" (strife, enmity). So the derivatives of her verbs "quarrel" and "quarrel" are sometimes confused with the crocheted ones to the rubbish - "sority" and "podarit." However, rubbish and quarrel are not related to each other, although they are very similar to each other.

Also, in rare cases, the noun Sororat (marriage to the wife's sisters), which originated from the Latin term soror-sister, is mistakenly regarded as one-root.

In this "weed", "weed" and all derived from them the words are crooked for "sora". In addition, such terms include "mote" and "jam", as well as similar adjectives and verbs.

It is interesting that in foreign languages there are similar "sora" titles, which even sound very similar. In Latvian it is sãrni (waste), in Greek - skor (uncleanness), and in Low German - scharn (manure).

Why there is an error in writing a word

Despite the fact that in this term only one syllable consisting of three letters (two consonants and one vowel in between), some still do not know how to spell the word "sor" correctly.

The most common mistake that is allowed in this noun is a double "c": quarrels. It is noteworthy that most text editors do not correct this oversight, because they perceive the noun for the genitive plural of the word "quarrel". However, it is worth remembering that the term "rubbish" is always written with one letter "c", and if there are two of them, then this word is derived from "quarrel", and therefore has a very different meaning.

Phraseologisms with the word "sor"

The most famous idiom with this noun: "Do not take dirty linen out of the hut." Its value: to keep all home problems secretly from others, without interfering in their family problems.

However, at the time of its emergence, this phraseology had a somewhat different meaning. To this day he came in a shortened version, because in olden times the Slavs used to say: "Do not take the dirty linen out of the hut when the sun has set." This was due to their belief that night is the lot of bad deeds, which means that all your business needs to be done in the light of day.

In addition, the Slavs sincerely believed that the dung had a special power and with its help witches can cause trouble for the people who threw it out. Therefore, if they did, it was only during the day when the evil spirits were powerless, and they left it far from their home, so that the witches found it difficult to find it for their dark rituals.

This belief in the sorcery's magical properties was reflected in many ancient sayings, which warned against taking it out of the house.

Here are just a few of them.

• Sor swept away under the bench, and burned in the oven.
• The izbushka meti, and the rub under the threshold of luggage.
• Meti, meti, but do not throw dirty trash into the street.
• Do not litter bread crumbs - it's a sin.

By the way, it is quite common at all times to have phraseology with a derived verb - "to waste money" (to waste them in vain).

Despite the antiquity of the noun "rubbish", it still does not come out of use among Russians. However, now people use it in their speech not so often, as it was just a hundred years ago. Perhaps this is due to the emergence of a huge number of other more modern and vivid terms for the name of garbage. But the phraseological "take out rubbish from the hut" and to this day is incredibly popular and is used much more often than the word "rub" itself.