mamă
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mama"
Megleno-Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamă f
See also
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin mamma. Compare Aromanian mamã, Romansch mamma, mumma, Sardinian mama, mamma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamă f (plural mame)
- mum, mom, mother
- (familiar) A term of address used by a mother for her children; dear
- Coordinate term: tată
- Lauro mamă, unde e fratele tău?
- Laura dear, where is your brother?
- (familiar) A term of address used between family members or close friends
- Ce faci mamă?
- What are you doing dear?
- A term of respectful address used for an older lady
- Mă bucur să te văd, mama Mărioară.
- I'm glad to see you, auntie Mărioară.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | mamă | mama | mame | mamele | |
genitive-dative | mame | mamei | mame | mamelor | |
vocative | mamă, mamo | mamelor |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Interjection
[edit]mamă
- (colloquial) dang, damn, wow (expressing surprise).
- Mamă, n-ar fi trebuit să faci asta.
- Damn, you shouldn't have done this.
Further reading
[edit]- “mamă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
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