Маковій

Ukrainian

Etymology

Corruption of Ancient Greek Μακκαβαῖος (Makkabaîos, Maccabee), as this day is also the liturgical celebration of martyr of the Maccabees, through folk etymology, reanalyzed as мак (mak) + -о- (-o-) + ві́яти (víjaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐkɔˈʋʲii̯]

Proper noun

Макові́й • (Makovíj) m inan (genitive Макові́я, nominative plural Макові́ї, genitive plural Макові́їв)

  1. (colloquial) Honey Feast of the Saviour

Declension

Further reading

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “Макові́й”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “макові́й”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 366
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