макітра

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Ukrainian[edit]

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макітра з кутею

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Ruthenian *макотъра (*makotra), from мак (mak, poppy) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ терти (terty, to rub, to grate, to grind).

Compare Belarusian макацёр m (makacjór), макі́тра f (makítra) (the latter likely borrowed from Ukrainian or Polesian dialects), dialectal Polesian forms "макотра", "макутра", "макетра", "макытра".[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [mɐˈkʲitrɐ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

макі́тра (makítraf inan (genitive макі́три, nominative plural макі́три, genitive plural макі́тер)

  1. a clay mixing bowl used to grind various soft products
  2. (colloquial) head, pate, noggin, bonce
  3. (dialectal) hollow (a small valley between mountains)
    Synonym: улого́вина (ulohóvyna)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Viktar Martynoŭ (1978-2017) Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы[1], Minsk: Навука і тэхніка

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