мазь

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь.

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Noun

мазь (mazʹf inan (genitive ма́зи, nominative plural ма́зи, genitive plural ма́зей)

  1. ointment, salve, liniment
    мазь Вишне́вскогоmazʹ VišnévskovoVishnevsky liniment
    • 1877, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Часть II Глава III”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
      Как бу́дто слё́зы бы́ли та необходи́мая мазь, без кото́рой не могла́ идти́ успе́шно маши́на взаи́много обще́ния ме́жду двумя́ сё́страми, — сё́стры по́сле слёз разговори́лись не о том, что занима́ло их; но, и говоря́ о посторо́ннем, они́ по́няли друг дру́га.
      Kak búdto sljózy býli ta neobxodímaja mazʹ, bez kotóroj ne moglá idtí uspéšno mašína vzaímnovo obščénija méždu dvumjá sjóstrami, — sjóstry pósle sljoz razgovorílisʹ ne o tom, što zanimálo ix; no, i govorjá o postorónnem, oní pónjali drug drúga.
      As though tears were the indispensable oil, without which the machinery of mutual confidence could not run smoothly between the two sisters, the sisters after their tears talked, not of what was uppermost in their minds, but, though they talked of outside matters, they understood each other.
  2. (slang) raw opium
    Synonyms: ха́нка (xánka), жмых (žmyx), опиу́ха (opiúxa)

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Descendants

  • Bezhta: мази (mazi)
  • Yakut: маас (maas)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь.

Pronunciation

Noun

мазь (mazʹf inan (genitive ма́зі, nominative plural ма́зі, genitive plural ма́зей)

  1. ointment
  2. lubricant

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