# майка
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* majka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmajka]
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### Noun

ма́йка • (májka) f inan (genitive ма́йкі, nominative plural ма́йкі, genitive plural ма́ек)
* undershirt, tank top
    Synonym: сако́лка (sakólka)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### See also

* футбо́лка (futbólka)
* тэ́ніска (téniska)

### References

* “майка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* “майка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmajkɐ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: май‧ка

### Noun

ма́йка • (májka) f (diminutive ма́йчица)
* mother
* dam (female parent)
* root, cause
* (finance) principal

#### Declension

$^1$Dialectal. $^2$Archaic.

### References

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

### Anagrams

* кайма (kajma)

## Russian
### Etymology

* Per Shansky borrowed from French maillot or from Italian maglia, ultimately from Latin macula.
* Per Trubachyov from май (maj) +‎ -ка (-ka).
* ма́йя (májja) +‎ -ка (-ka)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmajkə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ма́йка • (májka) f inan (genitive ма́йки, nominative plural ма́йки, genitive plural ма́ек, relational adjective ма́ечный, diminutive ма́ечка)
* undershirt, tank top, vest, singlet, wife-beater
* T-shirt
* jersey

#### Derived terms
##### Phrases

* жёлтая ма́йка f (žóltaja májka), ма́йка ли́дера f (májka lídera)
** жёлтая ма́йка ли́дера f (žóltaja májka lídera)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: մայկա (mayka)
* → Georgian: მაიკა (maiḳa) (non-standard), მაისური (maisuri) (calque, standard)
* → Lithuanian: maikė
* → Yakut: маайка (maayka)

#### See also

* безрука́вка f (bezrukávka)
* жиле́т m (žilét), жиле́тка f (žilétka)
* футбо́лка f (futbólka)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “майка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “майка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 24
* Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “майка”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
* Krylov, G. A. (2004) “майка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
* Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “майка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 223