Some definitions, despite their brevity and ambiguity, gradually leave the spoken language. This is due to the emergence of modern capacious analogues or the popularity of borrowed terms. One of the concepts that have been preserved only within the framework of certain expressions has become a "bed". This short word, together with derivatives, denotes a long list of original meanings, which are used to this day. But - under other names!
In ancient Russia
Philologists draw a straight line to the word "oder", which can be deciphered in many ways:
hunter's site;
flooring for boards;
skeleton of a cart;
platform.
What follows from the original term? Odr is a kind of bed, a tree-lined platform, which can be fenced. Such an interpretation is only enhanced in derivative definitions. An example would be the "Audrina":
hay barn or barn;
bedroom.
If the emphasis is on “o,” then it is a human bedchamber. If the second syllable and the letter “and” become stressed, in that case the speaker implies an outbuilding.
Nowadays
For many years, the concept has evolved, changed. Now the most common are the following meanings:
The first option is considered obsolete. Contemporaries use it exclusively in conjunction with the epithet “mortal” when they talk about the bed of a seriously ill, dying person. Not the most positive associations. Because of what the word ceased to be remembered at the household level: superstitious motives say that this can be called a misfortune. The second interpretation has become an almost professional term. When they do not want to hurt the feelings of relatives of the deceased, they say to the stretcher that this is a bed.
Relevance of the concept
How often should I use it? And is it possible to do so in order not to hurt the feelings of others? Unfortunately, a situation arose where the three-letter combination is directly related to death, literally saturated with it. Even if you want to show off intellect, it is better to avoid the specified word. After all, to call someone else’s resting place in this way is actually to compare the owner of the bedroom with the dead. Not the best compliment!
In addition, the concept gives a book style, it sounds sublime. “Odr” is a harmonious phenomenon within the framework of a poem, a solemn public performance, but in everyday communication it will look like a mockery. Which is not always good, because often a word appears in the most difficult and most tragic moments of life.