мекиш

Bulgarian

Дърво мекиш

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękyšь. By surface analysis, ме́чам (méčam, “to knead”) (dialectal) +‎ -иш (-iš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛˈkiʃ]

Noun

меки́ш • (mekíš) m

1. (literally) something soft
2. Tatar maple (tree of species Acer tataricum)

   Synonym: тата́рски клен (tatárski klen)

Declension

Declension of меки́ш

	singular	plural
indefinite	меки́ш mekíš	меки́ши mekíši
definite (subject form)	меки́шът mekíšǎt	меки́шите mekíšite
definite (object form)	меки́ша mekíša
count form	—	меки́ша mekíša

Related terms

• ме́кък (mékǎk, “soft, tender”)
• ме́ча (méča, “ball of dough”) (dialectal)
• меки́на (mekína, “chaff, husks; soft material”)
• меки́ца (mekíca, “type of pastry”)
• меку́ш (mekúš, “feeble person”) (dialectal)

References

• “мекиш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мекиш”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 722