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Bulgarian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Russian Мо́кошь (Mókošʹ), from Old East Slavic Мокошь (Mokošĭ), from Proto-Slavic *Mokošь.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Мо̀кош • (Mòkoš) f
- (Slavic mythology) Mokosh
1984, Anani Stoynev, “Анализ на религиозната система на българските славяни”, in Старобългаристика, volume XVIII, number 2, page 100:У източните славяни е известна богинята Мокош.- U iztočnite slavjani e izvestna boginjata Mokoš.
- The goddess Mokosh is known among the Eastern Slavs.
Macedonian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Russian Мо́кошь (Mókošʹ), from Old East Slavic Мокошь (Mokošĭ), from Proto-Slavic *Mokošь.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Мокош • (Mokoš) f
- (Slavic mythology) Mokosh
2002, Tanas Tanas Vražinovski, Sonjá Zogoviḱ, Речник на народната митологија на Македонците, Матица македонска, page 283:Ликот на Мокош, кој е во меѓусебен сооднос со предавството громовникот во основинот мит, претставува подлога за ликовите и на Перун и на Велес / Волос.- Likot na Mokoš, koj e vo meǵuseben soodnos so predavstvoto gromovnikot vo osnovinot mit, pretstavuva podloga za likovite i na Perun i na Veles / Volos.
- The figure of Mokosh, who in the basic myth is linked to the betrayal of the thunderer, forms the background for the characters of both Perun and Veles / Volos.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Russian Мо́кошь (Mókošʹ), from Old East Slavic Мокошь (Mokošĭ), from Proto-Slavic *Mokošь.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Мо̏кош f (Latin spelling Mȍkoš)
- (Slavic mythology) Mokosh
2001, Mirjaná Đekić, Водице у Војводини, Драганић, page 44:Богиња Мокош, коју су поштобале жене и девојке, повезана је „са поштовањем порођајних болова Богородице”.- Worshipped by women and girls, the goddess Mokosh is associated "with respect for the birth pains of the Mother of God".
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old East Slavic Мокошь (Mokošĭ). By surface analysis, моква́ (mokvá) + -ош (-oš). Compare Belarusian Мо́каш (Mókaš).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Мо́кош • (Mókoš) f pers (genitive Мо́коші, uncountable)
- (Slavic mythology) Mokosh
2008, Svitlana Bondar, Історія української філософії. Підручник, page 57:На найвищому рівні фігурують загальні за функціями божества — Перун і Велес, пов'язаний з ними жіночий персонаж — Мокош.- Na najvyščomu rivni fihurujutʹ zahalʹni za funkcijamy božestva — Perun i Veles, povʺjazanyj z nymy žinočyj personaž — Mokoš.
- At the highest level appear the deities who hold common functions, Perun and Veles, and the related female figure, Mokosh.
Declension
Declension of Мо́кош (pers sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)