má

See also Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Czech

Pronunciation

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Verb

má

1. Third-person singular present present tense of mít
2. Third-person feminine singular nominative of můj

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Faroese

Verb

má

1. I, he, she, it must 1st and 3rd person singular present of mega
   • eg má fara

     I have to go

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mega (muga)

mega (muga), v
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	má	mást	má	mugu/mega
Past	mátti	mátti	mátti	máttu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	— !	—	— !
Infinitive	mega (muga)
Pres. part.	—
Past part.	—
Supine	?

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

Verb

má

1. first-person singular present indicative of mega
2. third-person singular present indicative of mega

Etymology 2

Verb

má weak verb (third person singular past indicative máði, supine máð) (+ accusative)

1. to blur, to efface

Derived terms

• má út/má burt (to wipe out)

Anagrams

• ám

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mag, from Proto-Celtic *magos.

Alternative forms

• magh (obsolete)

Noun

má f (genitive má, nominative plural mánna)

1. plain

Declension

Declension of má

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative má mánna Vocative a mhá a mhánna Genitive má mánna Dative má mánna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhá na mánna Genitive na má na mánna Dative leis an má don mhá leis na mánna

Etymology 2

From Old Irish má.

Conjunction

má

1. if

   Má chreideann sé an scéal sin tá sé saonta go maith.

   If he believes that story, he's pretty gullible.

2. even though

   Nuair a fuair a hathair bás, má bhí sí brónach, fuair sí faoiseamh chomh maith.

   When her father died, even though she was sad, she was relieved as well.

Usage notes

Used in factual conditionals with the present or past indicative; triggers lenition of a following consonant (except tá (“is”)) and takes the independent form of verbs that distinguish dependent and independent forms.

Derived terms

• más

Related terms

• dá ("if" in counterfactual conditionals)
• mura ("if" in negative sentences; "unless")

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
má	mhá	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Mandarin

Romanization

má (form of ma2 with diacritic)

1. See 吔
2. See 嗍
3. See 犘
4. See 痲
5. See 菺
6. See 蔴
7. See 蟆, 蟇
8. See 麻

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Portuguese

Adjective

má f

1. feminine form of mau

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese, from 媽 ("mother")

Noun

má

1. mother

Synonyms

• ‎mẹ‎