macecha
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech macecha, from Proto-Slavic *maťexa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmat͡sɛxa]
- Hyphenation: ma‧ce‧cha
Noun
macecha f
- stepmother
- Synonym: nevlastní matka
Declension
Declension of macecha (hard feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | macecha | macechy |
| genitive | macechy | macech |
| dative | maceše | macechám |
| accusative | macechu | macechy |
| vocative | macecho | macechy |
| locative | maceše | macechách |
| instrumental | macechou | macechami |
Derived terms
- maceška f
See also
- otčím m
Further reading
- “macecha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “macecha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “macecha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Old Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maťexa.
Pronunciation
Noun
macecha f
Declension
Declension of macecha (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | macecha | macešě | macechy |
| genitive | macechy | macechú | macech |
| dative | macešě | macechama | macechám |
| accusative | macechu | macešě | macechy |
| vocative | macecho | macešě | macechy |
| locative | macešě | macechú | macechách |
| instrumental | macechú | macechama | macechami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: macecha
See also
- otčím m
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “macecha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Polish
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Northern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /maˈt͡sɛ.xa/
- (Central Greater Poland) IPA(key): /maˈt͡sɛ.xa/
- (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /maˈt͡sɛ.xa/
Noun
macecha f
- (Central Greater Poland, Poznań, Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) alternative form of macocha (“stepmother”)
Further reading
- Waldemar Wierzba (2013) “macecha”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 139
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “macecha”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20