How to: a mattress or mattress

In everyday situations, questions about the correct spelling of certain words are still controversial. However, in most cases, the grammar still gives clear answers, but this does not always happen. For example, it is still not clear how to write “mattress” or “mattress” correctly.

In fact, there are no grammatical norms regarding the spelling of this word. You can pronounce and write as you want, that is, a “mattress” and a “mattress” will be the correct answer. Such an answer will be obtained if you follow the new rules of the Russian language, adopted in the twenty-first century.

This word was first mentioned in the time of Peter the Great. It was he who imported the first feather mattresses from Europe. Since at that time the language was a little rougher, a word was spread with the letter "q" at the end, that is, "mattress".

However, further research on this topic slightly changed the situation. The fact is that the ancestor of the production of mattresses is Holland, and in their native language this word is written as matras. Accordingly, it would be more correct to write this word as "mattress", but the population was already accustomed to speak differently, and there was no sense in changing the spelling.

There is still the assumption that “c” at the end appeared as a result of the influence of the German language, which was also common in Russia of that period. In German, this word is written as matratze and in Russian is read as "mattress".