macecha

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech macecha, from Proto-Slavic *maťexa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmat͡sɛxa]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ce‧cha

Noun

macecha f

1. stepmother

   Synonym: nevlastní matka

Declension

Declension of macecha (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	macecha	macechy
genitive	macechy	macech
dative	maceše	macechám
accusative	macechu	macechy
vocative	macecho	macechy
locative	maceše	macechách
instrumental	macechou	macechami

Derived terms

• maceška f

See also

• otčím m

Further reading

• “macecha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “macecha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “macecha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• macocha

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maťexa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmat͡sɛxa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmat͡sɛxa/

Noun

macecha f

1. stepmother

Declension

Declension of macecha (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	macecha	macešě	macechy
genitive	macechy	macechú	macech
dative	macešě	macechama	macechám
accusative	macechu	macešě	macechy
vocative	macecho	macešě	macechy
locative	macešě	macechú	macechách
instrumental	macechú	macechama	macechami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: macecha

See also

• otčím m

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “macecha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /maˈt͡sɛ.xa/
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /maˈt͡sɛ.xa/
  • (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /maˈt͡sɛ.xa/

Noun

macecha f

1. (Central Greater Poland, Poznań, Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) alternative form of macocha (“stepmother”)

Further reading

• Waldemar Wierzba (2013) “macecha”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 139
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “macecha”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20