maz

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mazь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmas]

Noun

maz m inan

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

Further reading
  • maz in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • maz in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • maz in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

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

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”).[1][2]

Adjective

maz

  1. small
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 129, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      mały — maz
      mały — small
    Antonym: łełſ (“big”)

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, 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’”.

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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

  1. what
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Chinese 麻 (MC mˠa).

Verb

maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. to go numb
    Synonym: mwnh

Etymology 3

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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
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