# мачка
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, probably of onomatopoeic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmat͡ʃkɐ]

### Noun

ма́чка • (máčka) f (masculine мачо́к or мачо́р) (colloquial)
* female cat, feline
    Synonym: (standard term) ко́тка (kótka)
* (regional) female cattle
    Synonym: (standard term) би́волица (bívolica)
* (figurative) chick, pussycat (young and attractive woman)

#### Alternative forms

* ма́цка (mácka)

#### Related terms

* ма́кам (mákam), мя́кам (mjákam, “to bellow, to meow”)
* мац-мац (mac-mac)

### References

* “мачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́чка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 55
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мачка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 696

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmat͡ʃka]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: мач‧ка

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.

#### Noun

ма́чка • (máčka) f (plural ма́чки, masculine ма́чор, relational adjective ма́чји or ма́чешки, diminutive ма́че or ма́ца, augmentative ма́чкиште)
* cat (in general, but especially a female one)
* (in the plural) dust bunny

##### Derived terms

* ма́чкар m (máčkar), ма́чкарка f (máčkarka)
* ма́чкарник m (máčkarnik)

##### See also

* мац-мац (mac-mac)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьkati.

#### Verb

ма́чка • (máčka) third-singular present, impf (perfective и́змачка or на́мачка or пре́мачка)
* (transitive) to smear, spread, anoint

##### Conjugation
### References

* “мачка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak mačka, from Proto-Slavic *mačьka. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn ма́чка (máčka) and Slovak mačka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmat͡ʃka]
* Rhymes: -at͡ʃka
* Hyphenation: мач‧ка

### Noun

мачка (mačka) f (diminutive маче or мачатко or мачичка, related adjective мачи or мачков)
* cat
    Hyponyms: кандур (kandur), (dialectal) кот (kot)
* trap, snare, switch, noose
* (obsolete) anchor
    Synonym: котва (kotva)

#### Related terms

* мачачка f (mačačka)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “мачка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “cat”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 49

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mât͡ʃka/
* Hyphenation: мач‧ка

### Noun

ма̏чка f (Latin spelling mȁčka, diminutive ма̏чкица, relational adjective ма̏чјӣ)
* cat (animal)
* (slang) pretty girl, chick

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “мачка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Solombala English
### Etymology

From English much +‎ -ка (-ka), suffix of Russian origin.

### Adverb

мачка (mačka)
* much
** 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала, зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala, in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:О! Уезъ! Больше добра мачка.O! Ujez! Bolʹše dobra mačka.Oh! Yes! Very good much.

### References

* Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎, reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98