mať

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmac]

Verb

mať

1. second-person singular imperative of mást

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mac/, [ˈmac]
• Rhymes: -ac

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

mať f (relational adjective materský or materinský)

1. mother

   Synonyms: matka, mama, mamička, mater

Declension

Declension of mať (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	mať	matere
genitive	matere	materí
dative	materi	materiam
accusative	mať, mater	matere
locative	materi	materiach
instrumental	materou	materami

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

Verb

mať impf

1. to have
2. to be supposed to

Conjugation

Conjugation of mať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)

infinitive			mať
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		mám	máš	má	máme	máte	majú
past	masculine	mal som	mal si	mal	mali sme	mali ste	mali
	feminine	mala som	mala si	mala
	neuter	malo som	malo si	malo
past perfect	masculine	bol som mal	bol si mal	bol mal	boli sme mali	boli ste mali	boli mali
	feminine	bola som mala	bola si mala	bola mala
	neuter	bolo som malo	bolo si malo	bolo malo
future		budem mať	budeš mať	bude mať	budeme mať	budete mať	budú mať
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	mal by som	mal by si	mal by	mali by sme	mali by ste	mali by
	feminine	mala by som	mala by si	mala by
	neuter	malo by som	malo by si	malo by
past	masculine	bol by som mal	bol by si mal	bol by mal	boli by sme mali	boli by ste mali	boli by mali
	feminine	bola by som mala	bola by si mala	bola by mala
	neuter	bolo by som malo	bolo by si malo	bolo by malo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	maj	—	majme	majte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		majúci	—	—	mal, mala, malo, mali	majúc	—

Further reading

• “mať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
• Peciar, Štefan, editor (1960), “mať”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka [Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 2 (L – O), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC, page 105
• Peciar, Štefan, editor (1959), “jímať”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka [Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1 (A – K), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC, page 652