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

мачоха • (mačoxaf

  1. stepmother

Descendants

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

Further reading

  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “мачуха, матчоха, мачеха, мачоха”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 84
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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “мачоха, мачаха, мачеха”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 291
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “мачоха”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 424

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn ма́чоха (máčoxa) or from earlier Old Ruthenian мачоха (mačoxa). Displaced Old Slovak macocha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maˈt͡ʃɔxa]
  • Rhymes: -ɔxa
  • Hyphenation: ма‧чо‧ха

Noun

мачоха (mačoxaf (related adjective мачохов or мачоховски)

  1. stepmother
    Coordinate term: мачох (mačox)

Declension

Declension of мачоха
singular plural
nominative мачоха (mačoxa) мачохи (mačoxi)
genitive мачохи (mačoxi) мачохох (mačoxox)
dative мачохи (mačoxi) мачохом (mačoxom)
accusative мачоху (mačoxu) мачохи (mačoxi)
instrumental мачоху (mačoxu) мачохами (mačoxami)
locative мачохи (mačoxi) мачохох (mačoxox)
vocative мачохо (mačoxo) мачохи (mačoxi)

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