мас

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mas"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From apocope of the final consonant of маст (mast).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mas]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -as
• Homophone: маз (maz)

Noun

мас • (mas) f (singular only)

1. animal fat, especially lard

Declension

Declension of мас

	singular
indefinite	мас mas
definite	маста́ mastá

Anagrams

• сам (sam)

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *mos. Cognates include Ingush мос (mos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas/

Noun

мас • (mas) class jj

1. feather, hair, brush one's hair

Declension

Declension of мас

	singular	plural
nominative	мас (mas)	месаш (mesaš)
genitive	месан (mesan)	месийн (mesiı̇n)
dative	месана (mesana)	месашна (mesašna)
ergative	месо̄ (mesoo)	месаша (mesaša)
allative	месе̄ (mesee)	месашка (mesaška)
instrumental	месаца (mesaca)	месашца (mesašca)
lative	месах (mesax)	месех (mesex)
comparative	месал (mesal)	месел (mesel)

References

• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “мас”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 163b

Dolgan

Etymology

Maybe *m-ač < *ač, from Proto-Turkic *ïgač. Compare Turkish ağaç.

Noun

мас • (mas)

1. tree
2. wood
3. forest
4. stick

Adjective

мас • (mas)

1. wooden

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ماس
Cyrillic	мас
Latin	mas

Etymology

From Persian مست (mast, “drunk”).

Adjective

мас • (mas)

1. drunk

Noun

мас • (mas)

1. drunk, drunkard

Declension

Declension of мас

	singular	plural
nominative	мас (mas)	мастар (mastar)
genitive	мастың (mastyñ)	мастардың (mastardyñ)
dative	масқа (masqa)	мастарға (mastarğa)
accusative	масты (masty)	мастарды (mastardy)
locative	маста (masta)	мастарда (mastarda)
ablative	мастан (mastan)	мастардан (mastardan)
instrumental	маспен (maspen)	мастармен (mastarmen)
similative	мастай (mastai)	мастардай (mastardai)

Yakut

Etymology

Uncertain. Sometimes said (per our Swadesh list, entries #51 and #53) to be from a Tungusic source (see Manchu ᠮᠣᠣ (moo, “tree, wood”) for more) but compare the Dolgan word above.

Noun

мас • (mas)

1. tree
2. wood
3. firewood, log

   Synonym: кыа (kïa, “tinder, kindling”)

4. stick

Meronyms

• бэрэбэнэ (berebene, “log”)
• дүлүҥ (dülüŋ, “block, log, stump”)
• лабаа (labaa, “branch”)
• мутук (mutuk, “twig, branch, bough”)
  • мутукча (mutukča, “needle”)
• хатырык (qatïrïk, “bark”)

Derived terms

• мас кус (mas kus, “wood duck (Aix galericulata)”)
• мас ууһа (mas uuha, “carpenter”)
• от-мас (ot-mas, “vegetation”)