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Albanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *maxnǫti (“to shake, move”), *maxati. Compare Serbo-Croatian máhnuti (“to wave”), máhati.
Pronunciation
Verb
mahnit (aorist manita, participle mahnitur)
- to amaze, surprise, astonish
Synonyms
References
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “mahnit”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 190
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Uncertain. A derivation has been suggested from Ottoman Turkish معند (muʼannit) (ultimately active participle of form II from the Arabic root ع ن د (ʕ-n-d)), or less likely from Greek μάνητα (mánita, “madness”), both of which, however, would leave the h in the word unexplained. To supply this deficiency, influence from native máhati (“to wave”), mȃh (“swing, wave, sweep”) has been proposed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mǎxnit/
- Hyphenation: mah‧nit
Adjective
màhnit (Cyrillic spelling ма̀хнит)
- frantic, crazed, frenzied, raging
- crazy in general, mad, insane
- foolhardy, crazily brave
- (+ za) crazy for something or someone; enthusiastic about, desirous for, or in love with to an extreme degree
- (of dogs) rabid, afflicted with rabies
Alternative forms
References
- “mahnit” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904-1910), “màhnit”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 377