What is garbage, almost every child in any country in the world knows - this is one of the categories of waste products. And though not in these words, but anyone can explain the meaning of this term. But not everyone knows what rubbish means, how it differs from garbage. Moreover, although these words seem to have the same root, this is a very common misconception. So, it is worth sorting out the noun "rubbish": where did it come from and in which phrases and phraseological units is used most often.
Etymology of the term
Before you know, litter - what is it, it is important to refer to 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 this noun.
According to the classical version, this name is derived from the name “trash” (“trash” or “trash”) meaning “trash 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, pollution) or from the Old Irish - mosach (unclean), even from the Low German - mussig (dirty).
Soar - what is it? Phrases with this noun
In the Russian language, the word "rubbish" refers to small dry garbage, scraps, sawdust, chips, sometimes dust.
This value is fundamental. Meanwhile, this name is often used in a figurative sense, when they talk about some little things or about something completely devoid of value.
The antiquity and prevalence of this noun among the people contributed to the fact that not one phrase with the word "rubbish" was widely used in speech.
So the ancestral bin was called weedy, and the trash itself was called a weed pit. The bad thing is a weedy thing, and the Slavs often considered chicken as a weedy bird because of its habit of looking for food among the thrown garbage in a stable or in the yard.
Other meanings of this term
There are also many other meanings of the word "rubbish."
- These are four abbreviations (Human birth certificate; Vehicle registration certificate; the name of one of the Estonian political parties - the Union of the Fatherland and Res Publica and the Sevastopol defensive area, destroyed during the Great Patriotic War).
- There are several geographical names for Sohr. This is the name of the Bay of Baikal, one of the Russian villages, three rivers (in Russia, France and the UK), as well as one of the French communes.
- Shor or litter are the names of the soil in the deserts of Central Asia.
- Also, the name Fernando Sor was a famous guitarist and composer of the XIX century., Born in Spain.
- Often this term is correlated with the English abbreviation COP (Constable On Patrol - translates as "constable at the post"). And although it sounds completely different - [cop], due to the outward similarity, these names are interlanguage homographs (they are written, sound and mean differently in the same way).
Synonyms for the word
The most commonly used synonyms for the term “rubbish” are garbage, trash, dust, rags, dust, dirt, dust, rags and garbage.
In fact, all nouns that mean any kind of waste can be used synonymously for this name.
The term "rubbish": root words
First of all, it is worth dispelling the myth of some nouns, which, out of ignorance, are sometimes mistaken for one-root with litter. The first paragraph explained why "garbage", although it is a synonym, but does not apply to the same root to the term "rubbish".
Among other such - the noun "quarrel" (discord, enmity). So, the verbs “quarrel” and “quarrel” derived from it are sometimes confused with the co-roots to litter - “quarrel” and “mess”. However, litters and quarrels are in no way connected with each other, although they are very similar to each other.
Also, in rare cases, the noun “litter” (marriage to the spouse’s sisters), which comes from the Latin term soror - sister, is mistakenly considered to be one-root.
In here is "weed", "weedy" and all the words derived from them are one-root for "litter." In addition, such terms include "speck" and "blockage", as well as similar adjectives and verbs.
It is interesting that in foreign languages there are names similar to "soor", which even sound very similar. In Latvian it is sãrni (waste), in Greek it is skor (sewage), and in Low German it is scharn (manure).
Why does the spelling error occur
Despite the fact that in this term there is only one syllable, which consists of three letters (two consonants and one vowel between them), some do not know how to spell the word “spoiler” correctly.
The most common mistake made in this noun is the double “c”: quarrels. It is noteworthy that most text editors do not correct this oversight, since they perceive the noun for the genitive plural of the word “quarrel”. However, it should be clearly remembered that the term "rubbish" is always written with one letter "c", and if there are two of them, then this word comes from "quarrel", which means it has a completely different meaning.
Phraseologisms with the word "rubbish"
The most famous idiom with this noun: "Do not take dirty linen out of the hut." Its meaning: to keep all domestic problems secret from others, without interfering with their family problems.
However, at the time of its origin, this phraseological unit had a slightly different meaning. It came to our days in a shorter version, because in the old days the Slavs said this: "Do not take the rubbish 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 affairs must be done in the light of day.
In addition, the Slavs sincerely believed that the litter had a special power and with its help sorceresses can cause harm to people who threw it away. Therefore, even if they carried him out, it was only during the day when the evil spirits were powerless, and left far from their home - so that it would be difficult for the witches to find him for their dark rituals.
This belief in the magical properties of the litter was reflected in many ancient sayings, which warned against taking it out of the house.
Here are just a few of them.
- Litter is swept away under the bench, and burned in the furnace.
- Put a hut, and litter under the threshold of the luggage.
- Sweep, sweep, and do not throw rubbish on the street.
- Do not litter bread crumbs - a sin.
By the way, phraseologism with a derivative verb “to waste money” (wasting it in vain) was quite common at all times.
Despite the antiquity of the noun "rubbish", even today it has not gone out of use among the Russians. However, now people use it in their speech not as 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 naming garbage. But the phraseologism "to take dirty linen out of the hut" is still incredibly popular and is used much more often than the word "dirty linen" itself.