mazë

See also: maze, Maze, maže, maże, and mażę

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *madź(i)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- (“to knead, stroke”). Cognate to Ancient Greek μαγίς (magís, “kneaded mass/substance”), Russian мазь (mazʹ, “salve, ointment”). Demiraj suggests a formation from mâj (“to fatten”) (standard majm).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːz/

Noun

mazë f (definite maza)

  1. milk skin
  2. cream
  3. creamy scum of heated milk
  4. membrane

Declension

Declension of mazë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mazë maza maza mazat
accusative mazën
dative maze mazës mazave mazave
ablative mazash

Derived terms

  • mazatar
  • mazit
  • mazore

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 258
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