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Macedonian
Etymology
From мами (mami).
Pronunciation
Noun
мамка • (mamka) f (plural мамки)
- bait
- Synonym: мамец (mamec)
- (by extension) illusion (anything that seems to be something that it is not)
Declension
References
- “мамка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic мамъка (mamŭka), from Proto-Slavic *mamъka, from *mama. By surface analysis, мама (mama) + -ка (-ka).
Noun
ма́мка • (mámka) f pers
- wet nurse
Descendants
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “мамка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 252
- Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “мамка”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: , →ISBN, page 41
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “мамка”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 419
Russian
Etymology
ма́ма (máma) + -ка (-ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́мка • (mámka) f anim (genitive ма́мки, nominative plural ма́мки, genitive plural ма́мок)
- (colloquial) mother
- (obsolete) wet nurse
Declension
Derived terms