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Macedonian

Etymology

From мами (mami).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: мам‧ка

Noun

мамка (mamkaf (plural мамки)

  1. bait
    Synonym: мамец (mamec)
  2. (by extension) illusion (anything that seems to be something that it is not)

Declension

Declension of мамка
singular plural
indefinite мамка (mamka) мамки (mamki)
definite unspecified мамката (mamkata) мамките (mamkite)
definite proximal мамкава (mamkava) мамкиве (mamkive)
definite distal мамкана (mamkana) мамкине (mamkine)
vocative мамко (mamko) мамки (mamki)

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 (mámkaf pers

  1. wet nurse
nouns

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ма́мка (mámka)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ма́мка (mámka)
  • Ukrainian: ма́мка (mámka)

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: KIUS, →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 (mámkaf anim (genitive ма́мки, nominative plural ма́мки, genitive plural ма́мок)

  1. (colloquial) mother
  2. (obsolete) wet nurse

Declension

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