мащерка
Bulgarian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, derived from a putative stem *maťer- of Proto-Slavic *mati. Otherwise, a variant of Proto-Slavic *materъka - again a derivation from a case form of *mati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ма́щерка • (mášterka) f
- (uncountable) wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
- Synonyms: ди́ва ма́щерка (díva mášterka), ба́бина души́ца (bábina dušíca)
- (countable, botany) thyme, any member of the genus Thymus
Declension edit
Declension of ма́щерка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ма́щерка mášterka |
ма́щерки mášterki |
| definite | ма́щерката mášterkata |
ма́щерките mášterkite |
References edit
- “мащерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мащерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мащерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 701
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*materъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 249