mać

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mac"

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mać f

  1. Alternative form of macierz

Descendants

  • Polish: mać

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (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

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

Noun

mać f (diminutive matka)

  1. (archaic) mother
    1. (Near Masovian, derogatory) mother; grandma; midwife

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

Further reading

  • mać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “mać”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 243

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmat͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -at͡ʃ
  • Hyphenation: mać
  • Syllabification: mać

Noun

mać f

  1. mother
    Lubuju swoju mać.
    I love my mother.

Declension

Declension of mać (feminine soft stem irreg-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative mać maćeri maćerje
genitive maćerje maćerjow maćerjow, maćeri
dative maćeri maćerjomaj maćerjam
accusative maćer, mać maćeri maćerje
instrumental maćerju maćerjomaj maćerjemi
locative maćeri maćerjomaj maćerjach
vocative mać maćeri maćerje

Further reading

  • “mać” in Soblex
Wikious
Boobota
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