macis

See also: Macis, macís, and maĉis

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French macis, from Old French macis, from late Medieval Latin macis, possibly a corruption of Latin macir (denoting a different red spice from India), from Ancient Greek μάκιρ (mákir, “macir”), an eastern loanword of unknown further origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.si/

Noun

macis m (uncountable)

  1. mace (spice)

Descendants

  • → Greek: μασίς (masís)

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

maci (“little bear, teddy bear”) +‎ -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒt͡siʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧cis
  • Rhymes: -iʃ

Adjective

macis (comparative macisabb, superlative legmacisabb)

  1. bearlike, teddy bear-like, sturdy, burly (chiefly as an attribute of physique)
    Synonyms: mackós, medvés
    Antonym: vékony

Declension

Inflection of macis
singular plural
nominative macis macisak
accusative macisat
macist 		macisakat
dative macisnak macisaknak
instrumental macissal macisakkal
causal-final macisért macisakért
translative macissá macisakká
terminative macisig macisakig
essive-formal macisként macisakként
essive-modal — —
inessive macisban macisakban
superessive macison macisakon
adessive macisnál macisaknál
illative macisba macisakba
sublative macisra macisakra
allative macishoz macisakhoz
elative macisból macisakból
delative macisról macisakról
ablative macistól macisaktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		macisé macisaké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		maciséi macisakéi

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin macis, corrupted from Latin macir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃis/
  • Rhymes: -atʃis
  • Hyphenation: mà‧cis

Noun

macis m or f (invariable)

  1. mace (spice)

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin macis, possible corruption of Latin macir, the name of a different spice, q.v.

Noun

macis oblique singular, m (nominative singular macis)

  1. mace (spice)

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

macis m (uncountable)

  1. mace (spice made from nutmeg kernel)

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

macis f (plural macis)

  1. mace (spice)

Further reading

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