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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ма́чеха (máčexa), from Proto-Slavic *màťexa. Cognate with Russian ма́чеха (máčexa), Old Church Slavonic мащеха (maštexa), Old Polish macocha and Old Czech macecha.
Noun
мачоха • (mačoxa) f
- stepmother
Descendants
Further reading
- Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “мачуха, матчоха, мачеха, мачоха”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: , →ISBN, page 84
- The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “мачоха, мачаха, мачеха”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 291
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “мачоха”, 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 424
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn ма́чоха (máčoxa) or from earlier Old Ruthenian мачоха (mačoxa). Displaced Old Slovak macocha.
Pronunciation
Noun
мачоха (mačoxa) f (related adjective мачохов or мачоховски)
- stepmother
- Coordinate term: мачох (mačox)
Declension
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “мачоха”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “stepmother”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 302