масленица

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [masˈlɛnit͡sa]
  • Hyphenation: мас‧ле‧ни‧ца

Noun

масленица • (maslenicaf (plural масленици)

  1. fried pastry. fritter (fried in oil)
  2. type of pie

Declension

Declension of масленица
singular plural
indefinite масленица (maslenica) масленици (maslenici)
definite unspecified масленицата (maslenicata) маслениците (maslenicite)
definite proximal масленицава (maslenicava) масленициве (maslenicive)
definite distal масленицана (maslenicana) масленицине (maslenicine)
vocative масленицо (maslenico) масленици (maslenici)

Further reading

  • масленица” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maslěnica, from *maslěnъ +‎ *-ica, from *maslo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmas⁽ʲ⁾lʲɪnʲɪt͡sə]

Noun

ма́сленица • (máslenicaf inan (genitive ма́сленицы, nominative plural ма́сленицы, genitive plural ма́слениц, relational adjective ма́сленичный)

  1. alternative letter-case form of Ма́сленица (Máslenica); Maslenitsa, Shrovetide, Butter Week, Crepe Week (the week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter)
  2. (figuratively) feast, high life
    не житьё, а ма́сленицаne žitʹjó, a máslenicaa bed of roses; living high on the hog
    не всё коту́ ма́сленица, придёт и вели́кий постne vsjo kotú máslenica, pridjót i velíkij postgood things don’t last forever (after dinner comes the reckoning)
  3. (regional, obsolete) butter churn

Declension

Derived terms

  • ма́сленичный (másleničnyj)
Proverbs
  • не всё коту́ ма́сленица (ne vsjo kotú máslenica)

See also

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maslěnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 223