мацам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *macati. Possibly an expressive variant of dialectal ма́ча, ма́кам (máča, mákam, “to exert pressure, to squash”) or of ма́жа (máža, “to smear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmat͡səm]

Verb

ма́цам • (mácam) 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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • мацам in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
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