mať

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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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

Verb

mať impf

  1. to have
  2. to be supposed to
Conjugation

Further reading

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