# матка
## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka (“mother”), also attested in мајка (majka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmatka]
* Hyphenation: мат‧ка
* Rhymes: -atka

### Noun

матка • (matka) f (plural матки)
* (rare) queen bee
    Synonym: матица (matica)
* womb, uterus
* (archaic) midstream, mainstream (the middle of the riverbed where the water current is strongest and where the water is deepest)

#### Declension
### Verb

матка • (matka) third-singular present, impf (perfective заматка)
* (transitive) to stall, delay (a person, usually with idle conversation)
* (transitive) to lie to

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “матка” 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 matka, from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, мац (mac) +‎ -ка (-ka).
Sense of "mother" being displaced by мац (mac, “mother”) probably influenced by East Slavic; compare Russian мать (matʹ), Carpathian Rusyn and Ukrainian ма́ти (máty); as well as Czech, Polish, and Slovak matka (“mother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmatka]
* Rhymes: -atka
* Hyphenation: мат‧ка

### Noun

матка (matka) f
* queen bee, queen (reproductive female insect in a hive)
* (also figuratively) source, home, cradle (place of origin)
    Synonym: матица (matica)
    Near-synonym: жридло (žridlo)
    Керестур – матка войводянских РуснацохKerestur – matka vojvodjanskix RusnacoxKrstur is the cradle of Vojvodina Rusyns
* centre, headquarters
    Synonym: (more common) централа (centrala)
* mainstream, midstream
    матка рики ― matka riki ― the mainstream of the river
* (figuratively) mainstream (the norm, the common)
* nut, fastener (piece of hardware)
    закруциц шрубик на матку ― zakrucic šrubik na matku ― to twist a screw onto the nut
* registry, record book
    Synonym: реґистер (register)
* (obsolete) mother
    Synonym: мац (mac)
* (Christianity) Only used in Велька матка божа (Velʹka matka boža, “Dormition of the Mother of God”) and Мала матка божа (Mala matka boža, “Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary”)

#### Usage notes

* Sense 2 also pertains to the "matica", a cultural organization with national or regional names in Slavic-language-speaking countries, especially in the Balkans. In Serbo-Croatian, this is usually expressed with матица / matica, however this may also be used in Pannonian Rusyn, especially regarding the Матица сербска (Matica serbska, “Serbian matica”). The Rusyn matica, however, is almost always referred to as the Руска матка (Ruska matka).

#### Declension
### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “матка”, 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) “bee”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 36

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, мать (matʹ, “mother”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmatkə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ма́тка • (mátka) f inan or f anim (genitive ма́тки, nominative plural ма́тки, genitive plural ма́ток, relational adjective ма́точный)
* (animate, rare) mother
* (animate) stud female (in some domesticated animals), queen bee
* (inanimate) uterus, womb

#### Derived terms

* внема́точный (vnemátočnyj)
* ма́точник m (mátočnik)

#### Descendants

* → Uyghur: ماتكا (matka)