marica
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
marica m or f (masculine and feminine plural mariques)
Noun edit
marica m (plural mariques)
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मरीचम् (marīcam).
Noun edit
marica
- black pepper
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Etymology edit
Noun edit
marica n
Declension edit
Declension table of "marica" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | maricaṃ | maricāni |
Accusative (second) | maricaṃ | maricāni |
Instrumental (third) | maricena | maricehi or maricebhi |
Dative (fourth) | maricassa or maricāya or maricatthaṃ | maricānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | maricasmā or maricamhā or maricā | maricehi or maricebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | maricassa | maricānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | maricasmiṃ or maricamhi or marice | maricesu |
Vocative (calling) | marica | maricāni |
Descendants edit
- → Khmer: ម្រេច (mrɨc)
- → Lao: ພິກ (phik)
- → Mon: မြေက်
- → Burmese: ငရုတ် (nga.rut)
- → Thai: พริก (prík)
- → Indonesian: merica
- → Malay: merica
References edit
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “marica”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ca
Adjective edit
marica m or f (plural maricas)
- Alternative form of maricas
Noun edit
marica m (plural maricas)
- Alternative form of maricas
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏рица) (slang)
- police van, paddy wagon
- (by extension) the police
- Synonym: полѝција
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From María + -ica, María being a common feminine given name.
Unrelated to the similar Ancient Greek μαρικᾶς (marikâs, “passive male sexual partner, debauchee”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marica m (plural maricas)
- (informal, derogatory) poof; fag; faggot (homosexual man)
- Synonym: maricón
- (informal, derogatory) wimp, weakling
- (informal, derogatory) effeminate man
- (Colombia, Venezuela, colloquial, slang) dude; bro; mate
- Synonyms: (Chile) weón, (Spain) tío, tía; see also Thesaurus:tío
Noun edit
marica f (plural maricas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “marica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). Compare Ternate rica.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marica
References edit
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics
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