mačka

See also: macka, macką, Maćka, and máčka

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmat͡ʃka]

Noun

mačka f

1. crampon

Declension

Declension of mačka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	mačka	mačky
genitive	mačky	maček
dative	mačce	mačkám
accusative	mačku	mačky
vocative	mačko	mačky
locative	mačce	mačkách
instrumental	mačkou	mačkami

Further reading

• “mačka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mačka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mačka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Latvian

Noun

mačka f (4th declension)

1. (dialectal) wife, woman
2. (dialectal) vulgar woman, lewd woman
3. (dialectal) witch

Declension

Declension of mačka (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	mačka	mačkas
genitive	mačkas	mačku
dative	mačkai	mačkām
accusative	mačku	mačkas
instrumental	mačku	mačkām
locative	mačkā	mačkās
vocative	mačka	mačkas

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mât͡ʃka/
• Hyphenation: mač‧ka

Noun

mȁčka f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏чка, relational adjective mȁčjī, diminutive mȁčkica)

1. cat (animal)

   Nije važno da li je mačka crna ili b(ij)ela, dok god lovi miševe. ― It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. (quote by Deng Xiaoping)

2. (slang) pretty girl, chick, bird
   • 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list‎^[1]:

     Streljanu današnje generacije znaju samo kao omiljeno kino Tuškanac, gdje smo rado vodili svoje trebe, mačke, ribe, kite i komade i odgledali velik dio svog repertoara vesterna i krimića, gdje se naveliko pucalo.

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Declension

Declension of mačka

	singular	plural
nominative	mȁčka	mačke
genitive	mačke	mȁčākā/ mȁčkī
dative	mački	mačkama
accusative	mačku	mačke
vocative	mačko	mačke
locative	mački	mačkama
instrumental	mačkom	mačkama

Derived terms

• mačić

Further reading

• “mačka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

mačka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃka/, [ˈmat͡ʃka]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃka
• Hyphenation: mač‧ka

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Noun

mačka f (male equivalent kocúr, relational adjective mačací or (rare) mačí, diminutive mačička, augmentative mačisko)

1. cat (domestic species)

Declension

Declension of mačka
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	mačka	mačky
genitive	mačky	mačiek
dative	mačke	mačkám
accusative	mačku	mačky
locative	mačke	mačkách
instrumental	mačkou	mačkami

Derived terms

• mačacie oko

Further reading

• “mačka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːt͡ʃka/
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  Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mȃč‧ka

Noun

mȃčka f

1. cat (domestic species)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	máčka
gen. sing.	máčke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	máčka	máčki	máčke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	máčke	máčk	máčk
dative (dajȃlnik)	máčki	máčkama	máčkam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	máčko	máčki	máčke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máčki	máčkah	máčkah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	máčko	máčkama	máčkami

Further reading

• “mačka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “mačka”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references