mă

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Namuyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma˨]

Noun

mă

1. soldier
2. army

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə/
• Rhymes: -ə

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin me (accusative singular of ego), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)me.

Alternative forms

• mĕ

Pronoun

mă (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of eu)

1. me (accusative)

   Puteți să mă ajutați, vă rog?

   Can you help me, please?

2. (reflexive pronoun) myself

Related terms

• mine (stressed form)
• eu

See also

• te
• se
• ne
• vă

Etymology 2

Perhaps a clipping of mamă. Compare bă, fă.

Alternative forms

• măi

Interjection

mă

1. (familiar, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address towards a recipient irrespective of gender, showing equal or, rarely, a more superior standing

   Synonym: mamă Coordinate terms: bă, (offensive) fă

Further reading

• “mă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025