мекиш

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękyšь. By surface analysis, equivalent to ме́чам (méčam, “to knead”) (dialectal) +‎ -иш (-iš).

• IPA^(key): [mɛˈkʲiʃ]

меки́ш • (mekíš) m

1. (literally) something soft
2. Tatar maple (tree of species Acer tataricum)

   Synonym: тата́рски клен (tatárski klen)

• ме́кък (mékǎk, “soft, tender”)
• ме́ча (méča, “ball of dough”) (dialectal)
• меки́на (mekína, “chaff, husks; soft material”)
• меки́ца (mekíca, “type of pastry”)
• меку́ш (mekúš, “feeble person”) (dialectal)

• мекиш in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “мекиш”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 722