"maca" meaning in Proto-Slavic

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Noun

Etymology: Likely onomatopoeic. Compare German Mieze (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”), Mietzchen (“pussy, kitty”), French matou (“tomcat”), Albanian mace (“cat”). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|sla-pro|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{cog|de|Mieze||pussy, pussycat, female cat}} German Mieze (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”), {{cog|fr|matou||tomcat}} French matou (“tomcat”), {{cog|sq|mace||cat}} Albanian mace (“cat”) Head templates: {{sla-noun|f}} *maca f Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], maca [nominative, singular], maci [dual, nominative], macę̇ [nominative, plural], macę̇ [genitive, singular], macu [dual, genitive], macь [genitive, plural], maci [dative, singular], macama [dative, dual], macamъ [dative, plural], macǫ [accusative, singular], maci [accusative, dual], macę̇ [accusative, plural], macejǫ [instrumental, singular], macǫ [instrumental, singular], macama [dual, instrumental], macami [instrumental, plural], maci [locative, singular], macu [dual, locative], macasъ [locative, plural], macaxъ [locative, plural], mace [singular, vocative], maci [dual, vocative], macę̇ [plural, vocative]
  1. pussy, pussycat, female cat Tags: feminine, reconstruction Derived forms: macę, mačę (english: kitten, kitty), macьkъ, macьka, mačьkъ, mačьka, mačerъ (english: cat), mačęťь (english: cat's, feline, catlike), mačьjь (english: cat's, feline, catlike) Related terms: kotъ (english: cat), stьbľь (english: wildcat)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "máca",
          "word": "ма́ца"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "maca",
          "word": "маца"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Cyrillic script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "ма́ца"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Latin script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "máca"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "lang_code": "sl",
          "word": "muca"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "South Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "macë"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maçka"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maçi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "macska"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "mátsiou",
      "word": "μάτσιου"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Mieze",
      "Mieze#German"
    ],
    [
      "Mietzchen",
      "Mietzchen#German"
    ],
    [
      "matou",
      "matou#French"
    ],
    [
      "mace",
      "mace#Albanian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mieze",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pussy, pussycat, female cat"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mieze (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "matou",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tomcat"
      },
      "expansion": "French matou (“tomcat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "mace",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian mace (“cat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely onomatopoeic.\nCompare\nGerman Mieze (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”), Mietzchen (“pussy, kitty”),\nFrench matou (“tomcat”), Albanian mace (“cat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macama",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macamъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macǫ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macejǫ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macǫ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macama",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macami",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macasъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macaxъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mace",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*maca f",
      "name": "sla-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/maca",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "macę"
        },
        {
          "english": "kitten, kitty",
          "translation": "kitten, kitty",
          "word": "mačę"
        },
        {
          "word": "macьkъ"
        },
        {
          "word": "macьka"
        },
        {
          "word": "mačьkъ"
        },
        {
          "word": "mačьka"
        },
        {
          "english": "cat",
          "translation": "cat",
          "word": "mačerъ"
        },
        {
          "english": "cat's, feline, catlike",
          "translation": "cat's, feline, catlike",
          "word": "mačęťь"
        },
        {
          "english": "cat's, feline, catlike",
          "translation": "cat's, feline, catlike",
          "word": "mačьjь"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pussy, pussycat, female cat"
      ],
      "id": "en-maca-sla-pro-noun-EhZhQ3OZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "pussy",
          "pussy"
        ],
        [
          "pussycat",
          "pussycat"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "cat",
          "translation": "cat",
          "word": "kotъ"
        },
        {
          "english": "wildcat",
          "translation": "wildcat",
          "word": "stьbľь"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "maca"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "macę"
    },
    {
      "english": "kitten, kitty",
      "translation": "kitten, kitty",
      "word": "mačę"
    },
    {
      "word": "macьkъ"
    },
    {
      "word": "macьka"
    },
    {
      "word": "mačьkъ"
    },
    {
      "word": "mačьka"
    },
    {
      "english": "cat",
      "translation": "cat",
      "word": "mačerъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "cat's, feline, catlike",
      "translation": "cat's, feline, catlike",
      "word": "mačęťь"
    },
    {
      "english": "cat's, feline, catlike",
      "translation": "cat's, feline, catlike",
      "word": "mačьjь"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "máca",
          "word": "ма́ца"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "maca",
          "word": "маца"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Cyrillic script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "ма́ца"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Latin script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "máca"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "lang_code": "sl",
          "word": "muca"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "South Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "macë"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maçka"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maçi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "macska"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "mátsiou",
      "word": "μάτσιου"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Mieze",
      "Mieze#German"
    ],
    [
      "Mietzchen",
      "Mietzchen#German"
    ],
    [
      "matou",
      "matou#French"
    ],
    [
      "mace",
      "mace#Albanian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mieze",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pussy, pussycat, female cat"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mieze (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "matou",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tomcat"
      },
      "expansion": "French matou (“tomcat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "mace",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian mace (“cat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely onomatopoeic.\nCompare\nGerman Mieze (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”), Mietzchen (“pussy, kitty”),\nFrench matou (“tomcat”), Albanian mace (“cat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macama",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macamъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macǫ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macejǫ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macǫ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macama",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macami",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macasъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macaxъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mace",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*maca f",
      "name": "sla-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/maca",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "cat",
      "translation": "cat",
      "word": "kotъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "wildcat",
      "translation": "wildcat",
      "word": "stьbľь"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias",
        "Proto-Slavic soft a-stem nouns",
        "sla-pro:Cats",
        "sla-pro:Female animals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pussy, pussycat, female cat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pussy",
          "pussy"
        ],
        [
          "pussycat",
          "pussycat"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "maca"
}

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