нӧнчык
{noun} {postposition} [Generate paradigm] 1. dough
♦ нӧнчык дене тушкымо огыл {phrase} (s)he's nobody's fool, (s)he wasn't born yesterday, (s)he knows what's what
♦ нӧнчык дене ыштыме огыл {phrase} (s)he's nobody's fool, (s)he wasn't born yesterday, (s)he knows what's what
♦ шере нӧнчык {noun} unleavened dough
♦ шушо нӧнчык {noun} leavened dough
♦ шыдаҥ нӧнчык {noun} wheat dough
♦ уржа нӧнчык {noun} rye dough
2. inside, soft part (of bread)
♦ кинде нӧнчык {noun} soft part of bread
3. thick mass, mush, mixture (rolled into a ball)
♦ пареҥге нӧнчык {noun} pounded potato mush
♦ нӧшмӧ нӧнчык {noun} (a dish made of bread crumbs, boiled potatoes and hemp seeds)
4. {figuratively} covered in, covered with
♦ вӱр нӧнчык {noun} covered in blood
5. {figuratively} {pejorative} greenhorn, milksop
~ USAGE AS A MODIFIER ~
♦ нӧнчык моклака {noun} lump of dough
♦ нӧнчык патыр {noun} {mythology} {set phrase} hero made of dough (figure in Mari fairy tales)
♦ нӧнчык патыр гай {adverb} {set phrase} strong, brave, courageous