mať

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

mať

  1. second-person singular imperative of mást

Slovak

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mať f (genitive singular matere, nominative plural matere)

  1. mother
    Synonyms: matka, mama, mamička, mater
Declension
Declension of mať
singular plural
nominative mať matere
genitive matere materí
dative materi materiam
accusative mať matere
locative materi materiach
instrumental materou materami

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

Verb

mať impf

  1. to have
  2. to be supposed to
Conjugation
Conjugation of mať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
infinitive mať
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
presentmám máš má máme máte majú
past masculine mal som mal si mal mali sme mali ste mali
feminine mala som mala si mala
neuter malo som malo si malo
past perfect masculine bol som mal bol si mal bol mal boli sme mali boli ste mali boli mali
feminine bola som mala bola si mala bola mala
neuter bolo som malo bolo si malo bolo malo
futurebudem mať budeš mať bude mať budeme mať budete mať budú mať
conditional singular plural
first second third first second third
present masculine mal by som mal by si mal by mali by sme mali by ste mali by
feminine mala by som mala by si mala by
neuter malo by som malo by si malo by
past masculine bol by som mal bol by si mal bol by mal boli by sme mali boli by ste mali boli by mali
feminine bola by som mala bola by si mala bola by mala
neuter bolo by som malo bolo by si malo bolo by malo
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
present— maj — majme majte —
non-finite forms participles transgressive verbal noun
present active past active passive l-participle
majúci — — mal, mala, malo, mali majúc —

Further reading

  • “mať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
  • Peciar, Štefan, editor (1960), “mať”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka (in Slovak), volumes 2 (L – O), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC, page 105
  • Peciar, Štefan, editor (1959), “jímať”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka (in Slovak), volumes 1 (A – K), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC, page 652
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