Mari-English Dictionary

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

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Last update: 10 August 2023

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