матка

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka (“mother”), also attested in мајка (majka).

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• Rhymes: -atka

матка • (matka) f (plural матки)

1. (rare) queen bee

   Synonym: матица (matica)

2. womb, uterus
3. (archaic) midstream, mainstream (the middle of the riverbed where the water current is strongest and where the water is deepest)

матка • (matka) third-singular present, impf (perfective заматка)

1. (transitive) to stall, delay (a person, usually with idle conversation)
2. (transitive) to lie to

• “матка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Inherited from Old Slovak matka, from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, мац (mac) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Sense of "mother" being displaced by мац (mac, “mother”) probably influenced by East Slavic; compare Russian мать (matʹ), Carpathian Rusyn and Ukrainian ма́ти (máty); as well as Czech, Polish, and Slovak matka (“mother”).

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• Hyphenation: мат‧ка

матка (matka) f

1. queen bee, queen (reproductive female insect in a hive)
2. (also figuratively) source, home, cradle (place of origin)

   Synonym: матица (matica)

   Near-synonym: жридло (žridlo)

   Керестур – матка войводянских Руснацох

   Kerestur – matka vojvodjanskix Rusnacox

   Krstur is the cradle of Vojvodina Rusyns

3. centre, headquarters

   Synonym: (more common) централа (centrala)

4. mainstream, midstream

   матка рики ― matka riki ― the mainstream of the river

5. (figuratively) mainstream (the norm, the common)
6. nut, fastener (piece of hardware)

   закруциц шрубик на матку ― zakrucic šrubik na matku ― to twist a screw onto the nut

7. registry, record book

   Synonym: реґистер (register)

8. (obsolete) mother

   Synonym: мац (mac)

9. (Christianity) only used in Велька матка божа (Velʹka matka boža, “Dormition of the Mother of God”) and Мала матка божа (Mala matka boža, “Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary”)

• Sense 2 also pertains to the "matica", a cultural organization with national or regional names in Slavic-language-speaking countries, especially in the Balkans. In Serbo-Croatian, this is usually expressed with матица / matica, however this may also be used in Pannonian Rusyn, especially regarding the Матица сербска (Matica serbska, “Serbian matica”). The Rusyn matica, however, is almost always referred to as the Руска матка (Ruska matka).

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “матка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “bee”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 36

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, мать (matʹ, “mother”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

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ма́тка • (mátka) f inan or f anim (genitive ма́тки, nominative plural ма́тки, genitive plural ма́ток, relational adjective ма́точный)

1. (animate, rare) mother
2. (animate) stud female (in some domesticated animals), queen bee
3. (inanimate) uterus, womb

• безма́ток (bezmátok)
• внема́точный (vnemátočnyj)
• ма́точник m (mátočnik)

Proverbs

• ла́сковый телёнок двух ма́ток сосёт (láskovyj teljónok dvux mátok sosjót)

• → Uyghur: ماتكا (matka)

Ukrainian Wikipedia has articles on:

матка and матка (бджільництво)

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, ма́ти (máty, “mother”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

ма́тка • (mátka) f pers or f animal or f inan (genitive ма́тки, nominative plural ма́тки, genitive plural ма́ток)

1. (personal, dialectal) synonym of ма́ти f (máty, “mother”)
2. (animal) brood female, dam
3. (animal) queen bee
4. (inanimate) womb, uterus

From ма́та (máta) +‎ -ка (-ka).

ма́тка • (mátka) f inan (genitive ма́тки, nominative plural ма́тки, genitive plural ма́ток)

1. diminutive of ма́та f (máta, “mat”)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “матка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 533
• “матка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “матка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 651
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “матка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “матка”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “матка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “матка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)