má

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː/

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Verb

1. third-person singular present indicative of mít

Pronoun

má

1. inflection of můj:
   1. first-person feminine singular nominative/vocative
   2. first-person neuter plural nominative/accusative/vocative

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔaː

Verb

má

1. I, he, she, it must first/third-person singular present of mega
   • eg má fara

     I have to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of mega (muga) (irregular)
infinitive	mega (muga)
supine	–
participle	–	–
	present	past
first singular	má	mátti
second singular	mást	mátti
third singular	má	mátti
plural	mugu/mega	máttu
	imperative
singular	–
plural	–

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Galician

Adjective

má

1. feminine singular of mao

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Ibino

Verb

má

1. love, like

Further reading

• Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

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Ibuoro

Verb

má

1. love, like

Further reading

• Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

See mega.

Verb

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

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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

1. (with accusative) to blur, to efface

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• má út/má burt (“to wipe out”)

Anagrams

• ám

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /mˠæː/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• magh (obsolete)

Noun

má f (genitive singular má, nominative plural mánna)

1. plain (expanse of land with relatively low relief), champaign (open countryside, or an area of open countryside)

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

Derived terms

• má-oifigeach (“field-officer”)
• oighear má (“field-ice”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.

Conjunction

má (triggers lenition)

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
   • 1933, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed 1938 in Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval, p. 193:

     Nuair a fuair sé bás, má bhí Máire brónach bhí sí sásta d’fhonn is go mbeadh an captaen óg le pósadh aici.

     When he died, even though Máire was sad, she was satisfied in the hope that the young captain would marry her.

Usage notes

• Used in factual conditionals with the present or past indicative and takes the independent form of verbs that distinguish between dependent and independent forms.

Synonyms

• dá (in counterfactual conditionals)
• mura (in negative sentences; ‘unless’)

Derived terms

• más

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

má

1. about, around

Derived terms

• gualainn má gualainn (“shoulder to shoulder”)
• leath má leath (“half and half”)
• má gcuairt (“around, about, on every side”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “má”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “má”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “má”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Itu Mbon Uzo

Verb

má

1. love, like

Further reading

• Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• audio:

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Romanization

má (ma², Zhuyin ㄇㄚˊ)

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “surely, truly”), Sanskrit स्म (sma).

Conjunction

má (triggers lenition)

1. if
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19^c20

     Má nudub·feil i n‑ellug coirp Críst, adib cland Abrache amal ṡodin, et it sib ata chomarpi Abracham.

     If you pl are in the union of the body of Christ, you are Abraham’s children in that case, and it is you who are Abraham’s heirs.

Usage notes

Used in factual conditionals with the present or past indicative and takes the independent form of verbs that distinguish between dependent and independent forms. Contrasted with dia, which is used in counterfactual conditionals.

Followed by the present indicative if the condition is in the past or present; by the present subjunctive if the condition is in the future.

Derived terms

• mani (“if not, unless”)

Descendants

• Irish: má
• Manx: my
• Scottish Gaelic: ma

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 558

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma/
• Rhymes: -a

Adjective

má f sg

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective mau.

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Ukwa

Verb

má

1. love, like

Further reading

• Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

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Usaghade

Verb

má

1. love, like

Further reading

• Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maː˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-maːʔ.

Noun

(classifier cái) má • (媽, 𦟐, 𦢷)

1. (anatomy) cheek

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 媽 (“mother”, SV: ma).

Noun

má

1. (Southern Vietnam) mother; mom

   Synonyms: mạ, mẹ, mợ, u