нӧ•нчык
{noun} {postposition} [Generate paradigm] 1. dough
♦ нӧ•нчык де•не ту•шкымо о•гыл {phrase} (s)he's nobody's fool, (s)he wasn't born yesterday, (s)he knows what's what
♦ нӧ•нчык де•не ы•штыме о•гыл {phrase} (s)he's nobody's fool, (s)he wasn't born yesterday, (s)he knows what's what
♦ ше•ре нӧ•нчык {noun} unleavened dough
♦ шу•шо нӧ•нчык {noun} leavened dough
♦ шыда•ҥ нӧ•нчык {noun} wheat dough
♦ уржа• нӧ•нчык {noun} rye dough
2. inside, soft part (of bread)
♦ ки•нде нӧ•нчык {noun} soft part of bread
3. thick mass, mush, mixture (rolled into a ball)
♦ паре•ҥге нӧ•нчык {noun} pounded potato mush
♦ нӧ•шмӧ нӧ•нчык {noun} (a dish made of bread crumbs, boiled potatoes and hemp seeds)
4. {figuratively} covered in, covered with
♦ вӱр нӧ•нчык {noun} covered in blood
5. {figuratively} {pejorative} greenhorn, milksop
~ USAGE AS A MODIFIER ~
♦ нӧ•нчык моклака• {noun} lump of dough
♦ нӧ•нчык па•тыр {noun} {mythology} {set phrase} hero made of dough (figure in Mari fairy tales)
♦ нӧ•нчык па•тыр гай {adverb} {set phrase} strong, brave, courageous