Inherited from Middle French macis, from Old French macis, from late Medieval Latin macis, possibly a corruption of Latin macir (denoting a different red spice from India), from Ancient Greek μάκιρ (mákir, “macir”), an eastern loanword of unknown further origin.
macis m (uncountable)
maci (“little bear, teddy bear”) + -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix)
macis (comparative macisabb, superlative legmacisabb)
| Inflection of macis | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | macis | macisak |
| accusative | macisat macist |
macisakat |
| dative | macisnak | macisaknak |
| instrumental | macissal | macisakkal |
| causal-final | macisért | macisakért |
| translative | macissá | macisakká |
| terminative | macisig | macisakig |
| essive-formal | macisként | macisakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | macisban | macisakban |
| superessive | macison | macisakon |
| adessive | macisnál | macisaknál |
| illative | macisba | macisakba |
| sublative | macisra | macisakra |
| allative | macishoz | macisakhoz |
| elative | macisból | macisakból |
| delative | macisról | macisakról |
| ablative | macistól | macisaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
macisé | macisaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
maciséi | macisakéi |
From Medieval Latin macis, corrupted from Latin macir.
macis m or f (invariable)
From Medieval Latin macis, possible corruption of Latin macir, the name of a different spice, q.v.
macis oblique singular, m (nominative singular macis)
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macis m (uncountable)
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macis f (plural macis)