Wiktionary

maz

See also: maź, maž, maż, mąż, máz, Maź, маз, мазь, маж, and мажь

Translingual

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maz

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Central Mazahua.

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech maz, from Proto-Slavic *mazь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maz m inan

  1. wax, grease
    ušní maz ― earwax
    kožní maz ― sebum

Declension

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Declension of maz (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative maz mazy
genitive mazu mazů
dative mazu mazům
accusative maz mazy
vocative maze mazy
locative mazu mazech
instrumental mazem mazy
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Further reading

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  • “maz”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “maz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “maz”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latvian

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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maz

  1. little; adverbial form of mazs
  2. (with noun in genitive) little, a little, few, a few; adverbial form of mazs (small indeterminate quantity or amount)
    maz mitruma ― little moisture, a little moisture
    maz darba ― little work, a little work
    maz draugu ― few friends, a few friends
    maz ābolu ― few apples, a few apples
  3. (used as a noun) little, not much
    maz tika pateikts ― little, not much was said

Antonyms

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *mati. Cognate with Old English mete, Old Norse matr.

Noun

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maz ?

  1. food, meat

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: maz

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь.

Noun

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maz m (Cyrillic spelling маз)

  1. ointment

Declension

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Declension of maz
singular plural
nominative maz mazovi
genitive maza mazova
dative mazu mazovima
accusative maz mazove
vocative mazu mazovi
locative mazu mazovima
instrumental mazom mazovima

Sudovian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maźas, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵʰ-, *moǵʰ- (“big, small”). Compare Lithuanian mãžas, Latvian mazs, Old Prussian massais ([mazais], “smaller”).[1][2]

Adjective

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maz

  1. small
    Antonym: łełſ (“big”)

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis?”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 76: “maz ’mažas, l. mały’ 129.”
  2. ^ “mãžas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. maz adj.(?), adv.(?) ‘klein’”.

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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maz (Sawndip forms 庅 or 么 or 吗 or 麻, 1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. what
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Etymology 2

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From Chinese 麻 (MC mae).

Verb

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maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. to go numb
    Synonym: mwnh

Etymology 3

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Noun

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maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. acute disease, such as a sunstroke

Etymology 4

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From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“to come”). Cognate with Thai มา (maa), Northern Thai ᨾᩣ (ma), Lao ມາ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱ (maa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ (mäa), Shan မႃး (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

Verb

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maz (Sawndip form 麻, 1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. (dialectal) to come
    Synonym: daeuj
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