мак

See also: мяк and Appendix:Variations of "mak"

Bulgarian

цвете мак

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mak]

Noun

мак • (mak) m (relational adjective ма́ков)

1. poppy (flower of familu Papaveraceae, primerily of genus Papaver)

Declension

Declension of мак

	singular	plural
indefinite	мак mak	ма́кове mákove
definite (subject form)	ма́кът mákǎt	ма́ковете mákovete
definite (object form)	ма́ка máka
count form	—	ма́ка máka

Hyponyms

• ален мак (alen mak, “Papaver glaucum”),
• вълчи мак (vǎlči mak), див мак (div mak), полски мак (polski mak, “Papaver rhoeas”)
• градински мак (gradinski mak, “Papaver bracteatum”)
• дребен мак (dreben mak, “Papaver dubium”)
• сънотворен мак (sǎnotvoren mak, “opium, Papaver somniferum”)

References

• “мак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “макъ”, 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 45
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 618

Macedonian

Нива со расцветан мак

Ролат со мак (семе)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mak]
• Homophone: маг (mag)
• Hyphenation: мак

Noun

мак • (mak) m (plural макови)

1. poppy

   Synonym: афион (afion)

2. (uncountable) poppyseeds

Declension

Declension of мак

	singular	plural
indefinite	мак (mak)	макови (makovi)
definite unspecified	макот (makot)	маковите (makovite)
definite proximal	маков (makov)	маковиве (makovive)
definite distal	макон (makon)	маковине (makovine)
vocative	маку (maku)	макови (makovi)
count form	—	мака (maka)

Russian

Цветы мака.

Alternative forms

• макъ (mak) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic макъ (makŭ, “poppy; poppyseeds; poppyseed”), from Proto-Slavic *makъ (“poppy”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mak]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: маг (mag)

Noun

мак • (mak) m inan (genitive ма́ка, nominative plural ма́ки, genitive plural ма́ков, relational adjective ма́ковый)

1. (countable, uncountable) poppy
   • 1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter III, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:

     Его внимание привлёк необыкновенно яркий алый цветок, один из видов мака.

     Jevo vnimanije privljók neobyknovenno jarkij alyj cvetok, odin iz vidov maka.

     His entire attention seemed attracted by a bright red flower, one which had the appearance of a poppy.

2. (uncountable) poppyseeds

Declension

Declension of мак (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ма́к mák	ма́ки máki
genitive	ма́ка máka	ма́ков mákov
dative	ма́ку máku	ма́кам mákam
accusative	ма́к mák	ма́ки máki
instrumental	ма́ком mákom	ма́ками mákami
prepositional	ма́ке máke	ма́ках mákax
partitive	ма́ку máku

Related terms

• ма́ковка (mákovka)

 

Further reading

• мак in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâk/

Noun

ма̏к m (Latin spelling mȁk)

1. poppy

Declension

Declension of мак

	singular	plural
nominative	ма̏к	ма̀кови
genitive	мака	макова
dative	маку	маковима
accusative	мак	макове
vocative	маче	макови
locative	маку	маковима
instrumental	маком	маковима

Derived terms

• мако̀вњача

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic макъ (makŭ, “poppy; poppyseeds; poppyseed”), from Proto-Slavic *makъ (“poppy”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mak]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

мак • (mak) m inan (genitive ма́ку, nominative plural ма́ки, genitive plural ма́ків, relational adjective ма́ковий)

1. (countable, uncountable) poppy
2. (uncountable) poppyseeds

Declension

Declension of мак (inan velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мак mak	ма́ки máky
genitive	ма́ку máku	ма́ків mákiv
dative	ма́кові, ма́ку mákovi, máku	ма́кам mákam
accusative	мак mak	ма́ки máky
instrumental	ма́ком mákom	ма́ками mákamy
locative	ма́ці máci	ма́ках mákax
vocative	ма́ку máku	ма́ки máky

References

• “мак”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2024) “Словники України” online [Dictionaries of Ukraine online]‎^[2] (in Ukrainian)

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “мак”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мак”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “мак”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN