amcık

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From am (pussy) +‎ -cık (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amcık (definite accusative amcığı, plural amcıklar)

  1. (slang, vulgar) cunt
  2. swear word used to show anger
  3. pussy, chickenshit (a man, whose behaviour is perceived as cowardly)

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative amcık
Definite accusative amcığı
Singular Plural
Nominative amcık amcıklar
Definite accusative amcığı amcıkları
Dative amcığa amcıklara
Locative amcıkta amcıklarda
Ablative amcıktan amcıklardan
Genitive amcığın amcıkların

Descendants

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  • ? Armenian: մամուխիկ (mamuxik) (calque)

Further reading

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  • Aktunç, Hulki (1998) “amcık”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 37b
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, page 10