maz

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

Translingual

Symbol

maz

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

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Central Mazahua terms

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmas]

Noun

maz m inan

1. wax, grease

   ušní maz ― earwax

   kožní maz ― sebum

Declension

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

Related terms

• mast
• mazat
• mázek

 

Further reading

• “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

Adverb

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

• daudz
• ļoti

Related terms

• nemaz
• vismaz

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

maz ?

1. food, meat

Descendants

• Middle High German: maz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь.

Noun

maz m (Cyrillic spelling маз)

1. ointment

Declension

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

Etymology

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

Adjective

maz

1. small

   Antonym: łełſ (“big”)

   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 129, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     mały — maz

     mały — small

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma˧˩/
• Tone numbers: ma²
• Hyphenation: maz

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

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

1. what

Derived terms

• gijmaz

Etymology 2

From Chinese 麻 (MC mae).

Verb

maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

1. to go numb

   Synonym: mwnh

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

1. acute disease, such as a sunstroke

Etymology 4

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

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

1. (dialectal) to come

   Synonym: daeuj

Related terms

• ma