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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maťexa.
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́щеха • (mášteha) f
- step-mother
Declension
- ма́тер (máter, “mother”) (dated)
- ма́йка (májka, “mother”) (diminutive, standard)
- ма́тка (mátka, “womb, matrix”)
- ма́щерка (mášterka, “wild thyme”) (herb)
References
- “мащеха”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мащеха”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́щеха и ма́щиха”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 56
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мащеха”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 701