# маса
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmasɐ]
* Hyphenation: ма‧са
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Romanian masă, from Latin mēnsa.

#### Noun

ма́са • (mása) f (diminutive ма́сичка)
* table (furniture)
    ма́са за два́ма ― mása za dváma ― table for two
    ма́са за хра́нене ― mása za hránene ― dining table
    сла́гам ма́сата ― slágam másata ― set the table
    вди́гам ма́сата ― vdígam másata ― clear the table
    ся́дам на ма́сата ― sjádam na másata ― sit at the table
    ку́хненска ма́са ― kúhnenska mása ― kitchen table
    дъ́рвена ма́са ― dǎ́rvena mása ― wooden table

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: ماسه, ماصه (masa)
** Turkish: masa
** → Armenian: մասա (masa)
** → Laz: მასა (masa)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin massa.

#### Noun

ма́са • (mása) f
* mass, aggregation
    Synonym: вещество́ (veštestvó)
* a mass of, masses of, a lot of, lots of, heaps of
    Synonym: мно́жество (mnóžestvo)
* (in the plural) the masses, the multitude, the millions
    наро́дните ма́си ― naródnite mási ― people at large, broad masses of people

##### Declension
### References

* “маса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “маса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

### Anagrams

* асма (asma)

## Chechen
### Etymology

Akin to Ingush масса (massa).

### Pronoun

маса • (masa)
* how many

## Kazakh
### Etymology

From Persian پشه (paše, “mosquito”).

### Noun

маса • (masa)
* mosquito

#### Declension
## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmasa]
* Rhymes: -asa

### Etymology 1

From Turkish masa via Ottoman Turkish [Term?], cf. Romanian masă.

#### Noun

маса • (masa) f (diminutive масиче or масичка)
* table

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin massa.

#### Noun

маса • (masa) f (relational adjective масен)
* mass

##### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

ма̀са f (Latin spelling màsa)
* mass

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Derived via Western European languages from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μάζα (máza).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmasɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ма́са • (mása) f inan (genitive ма́си, nominative plural ма́си, genitive plural мас)
* mass (bulk; magnitude; body; size)
* (physics) mass
* mass (a quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity)
* (only in the singular, colloquial) mass, load (large amount)
    Synonym: бе́зліч f (bézlič)
* mass (a large body of individuals, especially persons)
** (in the plural) masses

#### Derived terms

* ма́совий (másovyj)
* а́томна ма́са f (átomna mása, “atomic mass”)
* деревна́ ма́са f (derevná mása, “wood pulp”)
* крити́чна ма́са f (krytýčna mása, “critical mass”)
* молекуля́рна ма́са f (molekuljárna mása, “molecular mass”)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “маса”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 406
   * Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “маса”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
   * “маса”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “маса”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “маса”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “маса”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “маса”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “маса”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)