Reconstruction:Old East Slavic/мама

This Old East Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *màma. First attested in the 17th century in Middle Russian.

Pronunciation

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑmɑ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmama/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmama/
Hyphenation: ма‧ма

Noun

*мама (*mama) f

mama (mother)

Declension

Declension of *мама (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	мама mama	мамѣ mamě	мамꙑ mamy
Genitive	мамꙑ mamy	маму mamu	мамъ mamŭ
Dative	мамѣ mamě	мамама mamama	мамамъ mamamŭ
Accusative	мамѫ mamǫ	мамѣ mamě	мамꙑ mamy
Instrumental	мамоѭ mamojǫ	мамама mamama	мамами mamami
Locative	мамѣ mamě	маму mamu	мамахъ mamaxŭ
Vocative	мамо mamo	мамѣ mamě	мамꙑ mamy

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: ма́ма (máma)
- Belarusian: ма́ма (máma)
- Carpathian Rusyn: ма́ма (máma)
- Ukrainian: ма́ма (máma)
Middle Russian: ма́ма (máma)
- Russian: ма́ма (máma)
  - → Ingrian: mama

References

^ Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “мама”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 109
^ Filin, F. P., editor (1982), “мама”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎ (in Russian), numbers 9 (м – мяшин-), Moscow: Nauka, page 24

[1] Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “мама”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 109

[2] Filin, F. P., editor (1982), “мама”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎ (in Russian), numbers 9 (м – мяшин-), Moscow: Nauka, page 24

Reconstruction:Old East Slavic/мама

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