мах

See also: max and Max

Chechen

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

мах • (max) ?

1. aspen (tree)

Etymology 2

Akin to Avar мухь (mux̂) and Archi мас (mas).

Noun

мах • (max) ?

1. price

Ingush

Noun

мах • (max) ?

1. price

Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *mïkan, perhaps related to Proto-Turkic *bïkïn (“thigh”).

Cognate with Kalmyk махн (maxn), Buryat мяхан (mjaxan), Dongxiang migva and perhaps Kazakh мықын (myqyn).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /max/, [maχ]

Noun

мах • (max) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠢᠬ᠎ᠠ (mik-a)); (hidden-n declension)

1. meat
2. flesh (of a human, animal or fruit)

Derived terms

• махлаг (maxlag, “fat, corpulent”)
• махчин (maxčin, “carnivore, man-eater”)
• махлах (maxlax, “to grow fat”)
• махсах (maxsax, “to hunger for meat”)
• махсаг (maxsag, “meat-loving”)

Ossetian

Etymology

Akin to Persian ما.

Pronoun

мах • (max)

1. we

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxъ. Deverbal from маха́ть (maxátʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [max]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ax

Noun

мах • (max) m inan (genitive ма́ха, nominative plural ма́хи, genitive plural ма́хов, relational adjective махово́й)

1. single rapid movement in the air, swing, wave, flap, stroke
2. (sports) rapid forward, backward or sideways movement of the foot or hand
3. (mechanics) single revolution, swing, stroke
4. step (of an animal, usually a horse, when running)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	ма́х máx	ма́хи máxi
genitive	ма́ха máxa	ма́хов máxov
dative	ма́ху máxu	ма́хам máxam
accusative	ма́х máx	ма́хи máxi
instrumental	ма́хом máxom	ма́хами máxami
prepositional	ма́хе máxe	ма́хах máxax

Derived terms

• махови́к (maxovík)

Related terms

• маха́ть impf (maxátʹ), махну́ть pf (maxnútʹ)