Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, probably of onomatopoeic origin.

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Noun

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ма́чка (máčkaf (masculine мачо́к or мачо́р) (colloquial)

  1. female cat, feline
    Synonym: (standard term) ко́тка (kótka)
  2. (regional) female cattle
    Synonym: (standard term) би́волица (bívolica)
  3. (figurative) chick, pussycat (young and attractive woman)

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmat͡ʃka]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: мач‧ка

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ма́чка (máčkaf (plural ма́чки, masculine ма́чор, relational adjective ма́чји or ма́чешки, diminutive ма́че or ма́ца, augmentative ма́чкиште)

  1. cat (in general, but especially a female one)
  2. (in the plural) dust bunny
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Declension of мачка
singular plural
indefinite мачка (mačka) мачки (mački)
definite unspecified мачката (mačkata) мачките (mačkite)
definite proximal мачкава (mačkava) мачкиве (mačkive)
definite distal мачкана (mačkana) мачкине (mačkine)
vocative мачко (mačko) мачки (mački)
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьkati.

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ма́чка (máčka) third-singular presentimpf (perfective и́змачка or на́мачка or пре́мачка)

  1. (transitive) to smear, spread, anoint
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  • мачка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mât͡ʃka/
  • Hyphenation: мач‧ка

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ма̏чка f (Latin spelling mȁčka, diminutive ма̏чкица, relational adjective ма̏чјӣ)

  1. cat (animal)
  2. (slang) pretty girl, chick

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Solombala English

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Etymology

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From English much +‎ -ка (-ka), suffix of Russian origin.

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мачка (mačka)

  1. much
    • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала, зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala, in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
      О! Уезъ! Больше добра мачка.
      O! Ujez! Bolʹše dobra mačka.
      Oh! Yes! Very good much.

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  • Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98