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máma

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːma]
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Noun

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máma f

  1. mum, mom, mommy
    Synonyms: matka, maminka, mamka, mamička, mamina
    Antonym: táta

Declension

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Further reading

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the emphatic phrase már (already, as early as) +‎ ma (today), partly via assimilated mámma, partly via the apocopic form má’.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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máma

  1. (folksy) alternative form of ma (today)

References

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  1. ^ máma in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • máma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

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Noun

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máma

  1. genitive singular of mám

Mutation

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Mutated forms of máma
radical lenition eclipsis
máma mháma not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mama.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmaːma/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmaːma/

    Noun

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    máma f

    1. mom, mother

    Declension

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    Descendants

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    • Czech: máma

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