Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *macati. Possibly an expressive variant of dialectal ма́ча (máča)/ма́кам (mákam, to dip, to plunge; to souse (food)) or of ма́жа (máža, to smear).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ма́цам (mácam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ма́цна)

  1. (transitive) to dunk, to plunge
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to stain, to smirch, to smut
  3. (reflexive with се) to get dirty, stained

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • мацам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мацам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010