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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mat͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /mat͡ɕ/
Noun
mać f
- Alternative form of macierz
Descendants
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 (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish mać. Doublet of macierz, maciora, matka, and mutra.
Pronunciation
Noun
mać f (diminutive matka)
- (archaic) mother
- (Near Masovian, derogatory) mother; grandma; midwife
Declension
Derived terms
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
- mother
Lubuju swoju mać.- I love my mother.
Declension
Declension of mać (feminine soft stem irreg-stem)
Further reading