мачоха

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ма́чеха (máčexa), from Proto-Slavic *màťexa. Cognate with Russian ма́чеха (máčexa), Old Church Slavonic мащеха (maštexa), Old Polish macocha and Old Czech macecha.

Noun

ма́чоха (transliteration needed) f

  1. stepmother

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ма́чаха (máčaxa), ма́чыха (máčyxa); ма́ччыха (máččyxa), ма́чоха (máčoxa), ма́чэха (máčexa), ма́чуха (máčuxa) (dialectal)
  • Rusyn: ма́чоха (máčoxa)
  • Ukrainian: ма́чуха (máčuxa), ма́чоха (máčoxa); ма́чиха (máčyxa), ма́чьоха (máčʹoxa) (dialectal)

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