Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxati. By surface analysis, мах (mah, swish) +‎ -ам (-am).

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ма́хам (máham) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ма́хна)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to wave
  2. (intransitive) to move to and fro, to sway (with a body's member or a tool)
    махам с па́лкаmaham s pálkato wave with a baton
  3. (intransitive) to gesticulate, to signal by waving
    махам някому да ...maham njakomu da ...to signal to somebody to ...
  4. (transitive) to wag, to flap, to swing
    куче маха опашка
    kuče maha opaška
    a dog is wagging [its] tail
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References

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  • махам¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • махам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “махам, махна, махнувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 691

Etymology 2

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From Etymology 1 via semantic shift: “to wave, to swing” → “to move/transfer [smth] from one place to another” → “to get rid of”.

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ма́хам (máham) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ма́хна)

  1. (transitive) to remove
  2. (transitive) to get rid of, to clean off
  3. (reflexive with си)take off (one's belongings)
    махам си часовника от ръката
    maham si časovnika ot rǎkata
    to take off one's watch from their hand
  4. (reflexive with се) to disappear, to get out, to begone
    Махай се!Mahaj se!Get out!
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  • махам²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

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Noun

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ма́хам (máxamm inan pl

  1. dative plural of мах (max)