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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
máma f
- mum, mom, mommy
- Synonyms: matka, maminka, mamka, mamička, mamina
- Antonym: táta
Declension
Declension of máma (hard feminine)
Related terms
Further reading
- máma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- máma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- máma in Internetová jazyková příručka
Hungarian
Etymology
From the emphatic phrase már (“already, as early as”) + ma (“today”), partly via assimilated mámma, partly via the apocopic form má’.
Pronunciation
Adverb
máma
- (folksy) Alternative form of ma (“today”)
References
- ^ máma in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- máma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Old Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mama.
Pronunciation
Noun
máma f
- mom, mother
Declension
Descendants
References