мачка

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, probably of onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmat͡ʃkɐ]

ма́чка • (máčka) f (masculine мачо́к or мачо́р) (colloquial)

1. female cat, feline

   Synonym: (standard term) ко́тка (kótka)

2. (regional) female cattle

   Synonym: (standard term) би́волица (bívolica)

3. (figurative) chick, pussycat (young and attractive woman)

• ма́цка (mácka)

• ма́кам (mákam), мя́кам (mjákam, “to bellow, to meow”)
• мац-мац (mac-mac)

• “мачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́чка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 55
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мачка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 696

• IPA^(key): [ˈmat͡ʃka]

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• Hyphenation: мач‧ка

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.

ма́чка • (máčka) f (plural ма́чки, masculine ма́чор, relational adjective ма́чји or ма́чешки, diminutive ма́че or ма́ца, augmentative ма́чкиште)

1. cat (in general, but especially a female one)
2. (in the plural) dust bunny

• ма́чкар m (máčkar), ма́чкарка f (máčkarka)
• ма́чкарник m (máčkarnik)

• мац-мац (mac-mac)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьkati.

ма́чка • (máčka) third-singular present, impf (perfective и́змачка or на́мачка or пре́мачка)

1. (transitive) to smear, spread, anoint

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

Inherited from Old Slovak mačka, from Proto-Slavic *mačьka. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn ма́чка (máčka) and Slovak mačka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmat͡ʃka]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃka
• Hyphenation: мач‧ка

мачка (mačka) f (diminutive маче or мачатко or мачичка, related adjective мачи or мачков)

1. cat

   Hyponyms: кандур (kandur), (dialectal) кот (kot)

2. trap, snare, switch, noose
3. (obsolete) anchor

   Synonym: котва (kotva)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “мачка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “cat”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 49

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.

• IPA^(key): /mât͡ʃka/
• Hyphenation: мач‧ка

ма̏чка f (Latin spelling mȁčka, relational adjective ма̏чјӣ, diminutive ма̏чкица)

1. cat (animal)
2. (slang) pretty girl, chick

• “мачка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From English much +‎ -ка (-ka), suffix of Russian origin.

мачка (mačka)

1. much
   • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала, зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala, in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:

     О! Уезъ! Больше добра мачка.

     O! Ujez! Bolʹše dobra mačka.

     Oh! Yes! Very good much.

• Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎^[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98