amcık

Turkish

Etymology

From am (“pussy”) +‎ -cık (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑmd͡ʒɯk/

Noun

amcık (definite accusative amcığı, plural amcıklar)

  1. (slang, vulgar) cunt
  2. swear word used to show anger
  3. pussy, chickenshit (a man, whose behaviour is perceived as cowardly)

Declension
Inflection
Nominative amcık
Definite accusative amcığı
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
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