мачка

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: мач‧ка

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (pussy, pussycat, female cat) + *-ьka.

Noun

ма́чка (máčkaf (plural ма́чки, masculine ма́чор, relational adjective ма́чји or ма́чешки, diminutive ма́че or ма́ца, augmentative ма́чкиште)

  1. cat (in general, but especially a female one)
  2. (in the plural) dust bunny
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьkati.

Verb

ма́чка (máčka) third-singular presentimpf (perfective и́змачка or на́мачка or пре́мачка)

  1. (transitive) to smear, spread, anoint
Conjugation

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (pussy, pussycat, female cat) + *-ьka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mât͡ʃka/
  • Hyphenation: мач‧ка

Noun

ма̏чка f (Latin spelling mȁčka, diminutive ма̏чкица, relational adjective ма̏чјӣ)

  1. cat (animal)
  2. (slang) pretty girl, chick

Declension

Solombala English

Etymology

From English much +‎ -ка (-ka), suffix of Russian origin.

Adverb

мачка (mačka)

  1. much
    • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
      О! Уезъ! Больше добра мачка.
      O! Ujez! Bolʹše dobra mačka.
      Oh! Yes! Very good much.

References

  • Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎, reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98