Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *maca.[1] See Albanian mace (cat) for more.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mat͡sə/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /mãːt͡s/, /mõːt͡s/ (eastern Gheg)

Noun edit

macë f (plural maca, definite maca, definite plural macat)

  1. (zoology) cat
  2. (figurative, derogatory) belligerent, wild woman

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

Aromanian: matsã

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “macë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 239