Mari-English Dictionary

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

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Last update: 10 August 2023

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