мекиш
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękyšь. By surface analysis, ме́чам (méčam, “to knead”) (dialectal) + -иш (-iš).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛˈkiʃ]
Noun
меки́ш • (mekíš) m
- (literally) something soft
- Tatar maple (tree of species Acer tataricum)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | меки́ш mekíš |
меки́ши mekíši |
| definite (subject form) |
меки́шът mekíšǎt |
меки́шите mekíšite |
| definite (object form) |
меки́ша mekíša | |
| count form | — | меки́ша mekíša |
Related terms
- ме́кък (mékǎk, “soft, tender”)
- ме́ча (méča, “ball of dough”) (dialectal)
- меки́на (mekína, “chaff, husks; soft material”)
- меки́ца (mekíca, “type of pastry”)
- меку́ш (mekúš, “feeble person”) (dialectal)
References
- “мекиш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мекиш”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 722