machac
Kashubian
Alternative forms
- môchac
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.xat͡s/
- Rhymes: -axat͡s
- Syllabification: ma‧chac
Verb
machac impf (perfective pòmachac or môchnąc)
- (intransitive) to wave, to wag (to move one's hand back and forth repeatedly)
- (transitive) to knock off, to knock out, to complete
- (transitive) to go or drive somewhere quickly
Derived terms
verbs
- namachac pf
- odmachac pf, odmôchnąc impf
- pòmachac pf, -machac impf
- rozmachac pf, rozmôchnąc impf
- zamachac pf, zamôchnąc impf
- zmachac pf
Related terms
nouns
- môch
- zamôch
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “machac”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “machać”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “machać”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
- “machac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022