мачкам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьkati. Morphologically, from a long grade of (obsolete) ме́ча (méča, to thrust, to press) +‎ -кам (-kam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmat͡ʃkɐm]

Verb

ма́чкам • (máčkam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive)
    1. to squash, to crush, to maul (to mutilate by pressing and squeezing)
    2. to rumple, to crease (to make wrinkles)
    3. (figurative) to oppress, to tyrannize, to bully
    4. (figurative) to defeat swiftly, to annihilate (an adversary)
  2. (reflexive with се)
    1. to wrinkle easily (of material, fabric)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • замачкам pf (zamačkam), замачквам impf (zamačkvam)
  • измачкам pf (izmačkam), измачквам impf (izmačkvam)
  • мачка́н (mačkán, hominy, gruel) (resultant noun)
  • мачко́тя (mačkótja) (causative-iterative)
  • ма́чук (máčuk, mallet) (dialectal)
  • намачкам pf (namačkam), намачквам impf (namačkvam)
  • омачкам pf (omačkam), омачквам impf (omačkvam)
  • помачкам pf (pomačkam), помачквам impf (pomačkvam)
  • премачкам pf (premačkam), премачквам impf (premačkvam)
  • размачкам pf (razmačkam), размачквам impf (razmačkvam)
  • смачкам pf (smačkam), смачквам impf (smačkvam)

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