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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech maz, from Proto-Slavic *mazь.
Pronunciation
Noun
maz m inan
- wax, grease
- ušní maz ― earwax
- kožní maz ― sebum
Declension
Declension of maz (hard masculine inanimate)
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Further reading
- maz in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- maz in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- maz in Internetová jazyková příručka
Latvian
Pronunciation
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Adverb
maz
- little; adverbial form of mazs
- (with noun in genitive) little, a little, few, a few; adverbial form of mazs (small indeterminate quantity or amount)
- maz mitruma ― little moisture, a little moisture
- maz darba ― little work, a little work
- maz draugu ― few friends, a few friends
- maz ābolu ― few apples, a few apples
- (used as a noun) little, not much
- maz tika pateikts ― little, not much was said
Antonyms
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Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mati. Cognate with Old English mete, Old Norse matr.
Noun
maz ?
- food, meat
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь.
Noun
maz m (Cyrillic spelling маз)
- ointment
Declension
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maźas, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵʰ-, *moǵʰ- (“big, small”). Compare Lithuanian mãžas, Latvian mazs, Old Prussian massais (, “smaller”).
Adjective
maz
- small
- Antonym: łełſ (“big”)
References
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 76: “maz ’mažas, l. mały’ 129.”
- ^ “mãžas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. maz adj.(?), adv.(?) ‘klein’”.
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Pronoun
maz (Sawndip forms 庅 or 么 or 吗 or 麻, 1957–1982 spelling maƨ)
- what
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Chinese 麻 (MC mae).
Verb
maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)
- to go numb
- Synonym: mwnh
Etymology 3
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Noun
maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)
- acute disease, such as a sunstroke
Etymology 4
From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“to come”). Cognate with Thai มา (maa), Northern Thai ᨾᩣ (ma), Lao ມາ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱ (maa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ (mäa), Shan မႃး (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).
Verb
maz (Sawndip form 麻, 1957–1982 spelling maƨ)
- (dialectal) to come
- Synonym: daeuj
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