махам

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxati. Synchronically, equivalent to мах (mah, swish) +‎ -ам (-am).

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ма́хам (máhamimpf (perfective ма́хна)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to wave
  2. (intransitive) to move to and fro, to sway (with a body's member or a tool)
    махам с па́лкаmaham s pálkato wave with a baton
  3. (intransitive) to gesticulate, to signal by waving
    махам някому да ...maham njakomu da ...to signal to somebody to ...
  4. (transitive) to wag, to flap, to swing
    куче маха опашка
    kuče maha opaška
    a dog is wagging [its] tail
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Etymology 1 via semantic shift: “to wave, to swing” → “to move/transfer [smth] from one place to another” → “to get rid of”.

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ма́хам (máhamimpf (perfective ма́хна)

  1. (transitive) to remove
  2. (transitive) to get rid of, to clean off
  3. (reflexive with си)take off (one's belongings)
    махам си часовника от ръката
    maham si časovnika ot rǎkata
    to take off one's watch from their hand
  4. (reflexive with се) to disappear, to get out, to begone
    Махай се!Mahaj se!Get out!
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  • махам² in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)

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ма́хам (máxamm inan pl

  1. dative plural of мах (max)