мац

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mac"

Archi

Etymology

Akin to Avar мацӏ (macʼ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat̪͡s̪/

Noun

мац (mac) (plural ма́цмул)

1. tongue

Macedonian

Alternative forms

• мац-мац (mac-mac)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mat͡s]

Interjection

мац! • (mac!)

1. used to summon a cat

See also

• ма́чка f (máčka)
• куц-куц (kuc-kuc)

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmat͡s]
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Hyphenation: мац

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Slovak mať, from Proto-Slavic *mati. Cognates include Slovak mať and Carpathian Rusyn ма́ти (máty).

Noun

мац (mac) f (related adjective мацерин or мацерински or мацеров)

1. mother

Declension

Declension of мац

	singular	plural
nominative	мац mac	мацери maceri
genitive	мацери maceri	мацерох macerox
dative	мацери maceri	мацером macerom
accusative	мацер macer	мацери maceri
instrumental	мацеру maceru	мацерами macerami
locative	мацери maceri	мацерох macerox
vocative	мамо mamo	мацери maceri

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Slovak mať, from Proto-Slavic *jьmati. Cognates include Slovak mať and Carpathian Rusyn ма́ти (máty).

Verb

мац (mac) impf

1. (transitive) to have, to possess

   мац на себе ― mac na sebe ― to have a period (literally, “to have on oneself”)

   Кельо маш роки? ― Kelʹo maš roki? ― How old are you? (literally, “How many years do you have?”)

2. (auxiliary, intransitive) to have to
3. (reflexive with ше (še)) to live, to get on

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “мац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy