macë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *maca.[1] See Albanian mace (cat) for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mat͡sə/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /mãːt͡s/, /mõːt͡s/ (eastern Gheg)

Noun

macë f (plural maca, definite maca, definite plural macat)

  1. (zoology) cat
  2. (figurative, derogatory) belligerent, wild woman

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: matsã

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “macë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 239