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Archi
Etymology
Akin to Avar мацӏ (macʼ).
Pronunciation
Noun
мац (mac) (plural ма́цмул)
- tongue
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Interjection
мац! • (mac!)
- used to summon a cat
See also
Pannonian Rusyn
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Slovak mať, from Proto-Slavic *mati. Cognates include Slovak mať and Carpathian Rusyn ма́ти (máty).
Noun
мац (mac) f (related adjective мацерин or мацерински or мацеров)
- mother
Declension
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Slovak mať, from Proto-Slavic *jьmati. Cognates include Slovak mať and Carpathian Rusyn ма́ти (máty).
Verb
мац (mac) impf
- (transitive) to have, to possess
- мац на себе ― mac na sebe ― to have a period (literally, “to have on oneself”)
- Кельо маш роки? ― Kelʹo maš roki? ― How old are you? (literally, “How many years do you have?”)
- (auxiliary, intransitive) to have to
- (reflexive with ше (še)) to live, to get on
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “мац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy