мащерка

Bulgarian

дива мащерка

Alternative forms

• ма́терка (máterka)
• ма́щерика (mášterika), ма́щерига (mášteriga), ма́щрика (máštrika) (with suffixes -ика (-ika)/-ига (-iga))

Etymology

Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, derived from a putative stem *maťer- of Proto-Slavic *mati. Otherwise, a variant of Proto-Slavic *materъka - again a derivation from a case form of *mati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaʃtɛrkɐ]
• Hyphenation^(key): ма‧щер‧ка

Noun

ма́щерка • (mášterka) f

1. (uncountable) wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)

   Synonyms: ди́ва ма́щерка (díva mášterka), ба́бина души́ца (bábina dušíca)

2. (countable, botany) thyme, any member of the genus Thymus

Declension

Declension of ма́щерка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ма́щерка mášterka	ма́щерки mášterki
definite	ма́щерката mášterkata	ма́щерките mášterkite

Related terms

• ма́тер (máter, “mother”) (dated)
  • ма́йка (májka, “mother”) (diminutive, standard)
  • ма́тка (mátka, “matrix”)
  • ма́щеха (mášteha, “step-mother”)

References

• “мащерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мащерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́щерка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 56
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мащерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 701