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мать

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See also: мять

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic мати (mati), from Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, whence English mother and Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [matʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atʲ

Noun

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мать (matʹf anim (genitive ма́тери, nominative plural ма́тери, genitive plural матере́й, relational adjective матери́нский)

  1. mother
    Synonyms: ма́ма (máma), ма́мочка (mámočka); мама́ша (mamáša); ма́менька (mámenʹka); ма́тушка (mátuška); ма́терь (máterʹ), ма́ти (máti); мама́ня (mamánja); роди́тельница (rodítelʹnica)
    Antonym: отец (otec)

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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Russian family terms
семья́ (semʹjá, family) Male Female Neutral
parent оте́ц (otéc, father)
familiar: па́па (pápa), ба́тя (bátja)
мать (matʹ, mother)
familiar: ма́ма (máma)
роди́тель (rodítelʹ, parent)
grandparent дед (ded, grandfather)
familiar: де́душка (déduška)
ба́бушка (bábuška, grandmother)
colloquial: ба́бка (bábka)
прароди́тель (prarodítelʹ, grandparent)
sibling брат (brat, brother) сестра́ (sestrá, sister) rare: си́блинг (síbling, sibling)
cousin двою́родный брат (dvojúrodnyj brat, male first cousin)
трою́родный брат (trojúrodnyj brat, male second cousin)
rare: кузе́н (kuzén, male cousin, however distant)
двою́родная сестра́ (dvojúrodnaja sestrá, female first cousin)
трою́родная сестра́ (trojúrodnaja sestrá, female second cusin)
rare: кузи́на (kuzína, female cousin, however distant)
child сын (syn, son) дочь (dočʹ, daughter) ребёнок (rebjónok, child)
plural: де́ти (déti, children)
grandchild внук (vnuk, grandson) вну́чка (vnúčka, granddaughter) plural: вну́ки (vnúki, grandchildren)
parent's sibling дя́дя (djádja, uncle) тётя (tjótja, aunt)
sibling's child племя́нник (plemjánnik, nephew) племя́нница (plemjánnica, niece)
spouse муж (muž, husband), супру́г (suprúg, male spouse) жена́ (žená, wife), супру́га (suprúga, female spouse) plural: супру́ги (suprúgi, married couple)
spouse's parent marital свёкор (svjókor, marital father-in-law) свекро́вь (svekróvʹ, marital mother-in-law)
uxorial тесть (testʹ, uxorial father-in-law) тёща (tjóšča, uxorial mother-in-law)
child's spouse зять (zjatʹ, son-in-law) сноха́ (snoxá), неве́стка (nevéstka, daughter-in-law)
child's spouse's parent сват (svat, co-father-in-law) сва́тья (svátʹja, co-mother-in-law)
sibling's spouse зять (zjatʹ, sibilar brother-in-law) неве́стка (nevéstka, sibilar sister-in-law)
spouse's sibling marital де́верь (déverʹ, marital brother-in-law) золо́вка (zolóvka, marital sister-in-law)
uxorial шу́рин (šúrin, uxorial brother-in-law) своя́ченица (svojáčenica, uxorial sister-in-law)
spouse's sibling's spouse marital я́тровь (játrovʹ, sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife))
uxorial своя́к (svoják, brother-in-law (wife's sister's husband))
stepparent о́тчим (ótčim, stepfather) ма́чеха (máčexa, stepmother)
stepchild па́сынок (pásynok, stepson) па́дчерица (pádčerica, stepdaughter)

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