мац

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mac"

Archi

Etymology

Akin to Avar мацӏ (macʼ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat̪͡s̪/

Noun

мац (mac) (plural ма́цмул)

1. tongue

Macedonian

Alternative forms

• мац-мац (mac-mac)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mat͡s]

Interjection

мац! • (mac!)

1. used to summon a cat

See also

• ма́чка f (máčka)
• куц-куц (kuc-kuc)

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mat͡s]
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Hyphenation: мац

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Slovak mať, from Proto-Slavic *mati. Cognates include Czech máti, Polish mać and Slovak mať.

Noun

мац (mac) f (related adjective мацерин or мацерински or мацеров)

1. mother

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

adjectives

• мацерин (macerin)
• мацеров (macerov)

 

Related terms

nouns

• мама f (mama)
• мамка f (mamka)
• матка f (matka)

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Slovak mať, imať, from Proto-Slavic *jьmati. Cognate with Slovak mať.

Verb

мац (mac) impf

1. (transitive) to have, to possess

   мац на себе ― mac na sebe ― to have a period (literally, “to have on oneself”)

2. (intransitive) to be of some age

   Кельо маш роки? ― Kelʹo maš roki? ― How old are you? (literally, “How many years do you have?”)

3. (auxiliary, intransitive) to have to
4. (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