мацам

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *macati. Possibly an expressive variant of dialectal ма́ча (máča)/ма́кам (mákam, to dip, to plunge; to souse (food)) or of ма́жа (máža, to smear).

Pronunciation

Verb

ма́цам (mácam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ма́цна)

  1. (transitive) to dunk, to plunge
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to stain, to smirch, to smut
  3. (reflexive with се) to get dirty, stained

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References

  • мацам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мацам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010