мащерка
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Bulgarian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ма́терка (máterka)
- ма́щерика (mášterika), ма́щерига (mášteriga), ма́щрика (máštrika) (with suffixes -ика (-ika)/-ига (-iga))
Etymology[edit]
Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, derived from a putative stem *maťer- of Proto-Slavic *mati. Otherwise, a variant of Proto-Slavic *materъka - again a derivation from a case form of *mati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ма́щерка • (mášterka) f
- (uncountable) wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
- Synonyms: ди́ва ма́щерка (díva mášterka), ба́бина души́ца (bábina dušíca)
- (countable, botany) thyme, any member of the genus Thymus
Declension[edit]
Declension of ма́щерка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ма́щерка mášterka |
ма́щерки mášterki |
| definite | ма́щерката mášterkata |
ма́щерките mášterkite |
Related terms[edit]
- ма́тер (máter, “mother”) (dated)
References[edit]
- “мащерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мащерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́щерка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 56
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мащерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 701