мачоха

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ма́чеха (máčexa), from Proto-Slavic *màťexa. Cognate with Russian ма́чеха (máčexa), Old Church Slavonic мащеха (maštexa), Old Polish macocha and Old Czech macecha.

Noun

мачоха • (mačoxa) f

  1. stepmother

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ма́чаха (máčaxa), ма́чыха (máčyxa); ма́ччыха (máččyxa), ма́чоха (máčoxa), ма́чэха (máčexa), ма́чуха (máčuxa) (dialectal)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ма́чоха (máčoxa)
  • Ukrainian: ма́чуха (máčuxa), ма́чоха (máčoxa); ма́чиха (máčyxa), ма́чьоха (máčʹoxa) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), мачуха, матчоха, мачеха, мачоха”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 84
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), мачоха, мачаха, мачеха”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 291
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002), мачоха”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 424
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