amcık

Turkish

Etymology

By surface analysis, am (pussy) +‎ -cık (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑmˈd͡ʒɯk/
  • Hyphenation: am‧cık

Noun

amcık (definite accusative amcığı, plural amcıklar)

  1. (slang, vulgar) cunt
    Bazen bu dünyada görmek isteyeceğin son şey bir amcık olur.
    Sometimes, seeing a cunt is the last thing you want in the world.
  2. swear word used to show anger
    Mızmızlanma amcık! (colloquial speech)
    Stop whining! (said with ennui)
  3. pussy, chickenshit (a man, whose behaviour is perceived as cowardly)
    Amcık kardeşin gelmedi, seni mi gönderdi?
    Your chickenshit brother sent you instead?

Declension

Declension of amcık
singular plural
nominative amcık amcıklar
definite accusative amcığı amcıkları
dative amcığa amcıklara
locative amcıkta amcıklarda
ablative amcıktan amcıklardan
genitive amcığın amcıkların

Descendants

  • ? Armenian: մամուխիկ (mamuxik) (calque)

Further reading

  • Aktunç, Hulki (1998) “amcık”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 37b
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, page 10