макам

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmakɐm]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makati.

Verb

ма́кам • (mákam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ма́кна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to dip, to soak, to souse
  2. (in culinary) to season, to marinate (bread or meat) in salt, pepper, brine, or another seasoning
    Не учи старец как да мака яйца. (idiom)
    Ne uči starec kak da maka jajca.
    You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
    (literally, “Don't teach an old man how to season [scrambled] eggs.”)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
verbs
  • намакам pf (namakam), намаквам impf (namakvam)
  • омакам pf (omakam), омаквам impf (omakvam)
  • помакам pf (pomakam), помаквам impf (pomakvam)
  • смакам pf (smakam), смаквам impf (smakvam)
nouns
  • (instrumental noun) мака́ло (makálo)
  • (resultant noun) ма́каница (mákanica)

References

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, equivalent to ма-а-а (ma-a-a) +‎ -кам (-kam)

Verb

ма́кам • (mákam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to shout, to bellow mah!
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References

  • макам¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “макам²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 619

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmakəm]

Noun

ма́кам • (mákamm inan pl

  1. dative plural of мак (mak)