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Ukrainian
Etymology
Corruption of Ancient Greek Μακκαβαῖος (Makkabaîos, “Maccabee”), as this day is also the liturgical celebration of martyr of the Maccabees, through folk etymology, reanalyzed as мак (mak) + -о- (-o-) + ві́яти (víjaty).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Макові́й • (Makovíj) m inan (genitive Макові́я, nominative plural Макові́ї, genitive plural Макові́їв)
- (colloquial) Honey Feast of the Saviour
Declension
Declension of Макові́й (inan j-stem masc-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “Макові́й”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “макові́й”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 366