Both the older generation and the young know that you need to go to the forest not empty-handed. The mushroom picker always has a basket or a basket with it. Do you know the meaning of the word? Are there any differences between them? What do you think? Read on.
Meaning of the word
A basket is a small or small basket made of twigs or lubok. Designed to pick mushrooms and berries. Sometimes it is made of birch bark. First of all, it differs from the basket in its low weight. It is very light. You can take it with you for sowing grain.
Since the bast basket was very popular among the people, the peasants began to call a completely different phenomenon with this word. It turned out that a basket is a certain measure of volume. But it was soon banned. It happened already in 1690! An echo of the use of the word in this meaning was the phrase in Russian “the basket of thought”.
What is the difference between a basket and a basket?
As mentioned above, a basket is a very small basket. Therefore, the little heroes of Russian folk tales went to the forest for berries and mushrooms with him. They made it using simplified technologies from birch bark. It was possible to make this capacity in the forest, it was enough to have a knife, improvised material and ingenuity with you!
A basket is a larger container. It was woven from walnut or willow twigs. Manufacturing technology is quite complicated in contrast to the basket. In addition to knowledge, the manufacturer must have skill, experience and talent! Weaving a basket in the field will be very difficult.
To summarize. Lukoshko is a native Russian word. It means a small container of birch bark intended for storage and transfer of mushrooms and berries. The root of this word is ancient. In the Russian language there are sayings with this word. For example: our heart is not a basket, do not break a window in it!
Read and discover the secrets of your native language! And you will notice how the borders of your world become wider.