mać

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mac"

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /mat͡ɕ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /mat͡ɕ/

Noun

mać f

1. Alternative form of macierz

Descendants

• Polish: mać

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “mać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mać. Doublet of macierz, maciora, matka, and mutra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ɕ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡ɕ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at͡ɕ
• Syllabification: mać
• Homophone: Madź

Noun

mać f (diminutive matka)

1. (archaic) mother

Declension

Declension of mać

	singular	plural
nominative	mać	maci/macie
genitive	maci	maci
dative	maci	maciom
accusative	mać	maci/macie
instrumental	macią	maciami
locative	maci	maciach
vocative	maci	maci/macie

Derived terms

interjections

• kurwa mać

 

Further reading

• mać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mać in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Noun

mać f

1. mother

Declension

Declension of mać

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mać	maćeri	maćerje
genitive	maćerje	maćerjow	maćerjow
dative	maćeri	maćerjomaj	maćerjam
accusative	maćer, mać	maćeri	maćerje
instrumental	maćerju	maćerjomaj	maćerjemi
locative	maćeri	maćerjomaj	maćerjach
vocative	mać	maćeri	maćerje