мацам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *macati. Possibly an expressive variant of dialectal ма́ча (máča)/ма́кам (mákam, to dip, to plunge; to souse (food)) or of ма́жа (máža, to smear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmat͡sɐm]

Verb

ма́цам • (mácam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective ма́цна)

  1. (transitive) to dunk, to plunge
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to stain, to smirch, to smut
  3. (reflexive with се) to get dirty, stained

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ма́цвам (mácvam) (semelfactive)
  • мацо́тя (macótja, to smudge)
  • зама́цам pf (zamácam), зама́цвам impf (zamácvam)
  • изма́цам pf (izmácam), изма́цвам impf (izmácvam)
  • нама́цам pf (namácam), нама́цвам impf (namácvam)
  • ома́цам pf (omácam), ома́цвам impf (omácvam)
  • разма́цам pf (razmácam), разма́цвам impf (razmácvam)
  • ма́цаница (mácanica)

References

  • мацам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мацам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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