Macedonian

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Etymology

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From мами (mami).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmamka]
  • Hyphenation: мам‧ка

Noun

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мамка (mamkaf (plural мамки)

  1. bait
    Synonym: мамец (mamec)
  2. (by extension) illusion (anything that seems to be something that it is not)

Declension

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References

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  • мамка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic мамъка (mamŭka), from Proto-Slavic *mamъka, from *mama. By surface analysis, мама (mama) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Noun

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ма́мка (mámkaf pers

  1. wet nurse
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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: ма́мка (mámka)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ма́мка (mámka)
  • Ukrainian: ма́мка (mámka)

Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “мамка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 252
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “мамка”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 41
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “мамка”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 419

Russian

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Etymology

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ма́ма (máma) +‎ -ка (-ka)

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Noun

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ма́мка (mámkaf anim (genitive ма́мки, nominative plural ма́мки, genitive plural ма́мок)

  1. (colloquial) mother
  2. (obsolete) wet nurse

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