матка

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka (“mother”), also attested in мајка (majka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatka]
• Hyphenation: мат‧ка
• Rhymes: -atka

Noun

матка • (matka) f (plural матки)

1. (rare) queen bee

   Synonym: матица (matica)

2. womb, uterus
3. (archaic) midstream, mainstream (the middle of the riverbed where the water current is strongest and where the water is deepest)

Declension

Declension of матка

	singular	plural
indefinite	матка (matka)	матки (matki)
definite unspecified	матката (matkata)	матките (matkite)
definite proximal	маткава (matkava)	маткиве (matkive)
definite distal	маткана (matkana)	маткине (matkine)
vocative	матко (matko)	матки (matki)

Verb

матка • (matka) third-singular present, impf (perfective заматка)

1. (transitive) to stall, delay (a person, usually with idle conversation)
2. (transitive) to lie to

Conjugation

Conjugation of матка (imperfective, present in -а)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	маткал	—	adjectival participle	маткан
feminine	маткала	—	adverbial participle	маткајќи
neuter	маткало	—	verbal noun	маткање
plural	маткале	—	perfect participle	маткано
	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	маткам	маткав	—	—
2nd singular	маткаш	маткаше	—	маткај
3rd singular	матка	маткаше	—	—
1st plural	маткаме	маткавме	—	—
2nd plural	маткате	маткавте	—	маткајте
3rd plural	маткаат	маткаа	—	—
Compound tenses
perfect	сум маткал		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам маткано		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев маткал		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав маткано		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал маткано		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе маткам		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам маткано		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе маткав		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав маткано		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум маткал		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал маткано		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би маткал		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал маткано		conditional of има + perfect participle

Further reading

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

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, мать (matʹ, “mother”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatkə]

• Audio:

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Noun

ма́тка • (mátka) f inan or f anim (genitive ма́тки, nominative plural ма́тки, genitive plural ма́ток, relational adjective ма́точный)

1. (animate, rare) mother
2. (animate) stud female (in some domesticated animals), queen bee
3. (inanimate) uterus, womb

Declension

Declension of ма́тка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

		singular	plural
nominative		ма́тка mátka	ма́тки mátki
genitive		ма́тки mátki	ма́ток mátok
dative		ма́тке mátke	ма́ткам mátkam
accusative	animate	ма́тку mátku	ма́ток mátok
	inanimate		ма́тки mátki
instrumental		ма́ткой, ма́ткою mátkoj, mátkoju	ма́тками mátkami
prepositional		ма́тке mátke	ма́тках mátkax

Derived terms

• внема́точный (vnemátočnyj)
• ма́точник m (mátočnik)

Descendants

• → Uyghur: ماتكا (matka)