mać

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mac"

Old Polish

Etymology

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

Noun

mać f

  1. mother

Declension
Declension of mać
singular dual plural
nominative mać macierzy, maciory maciory
genitive macierze macierzú, maciorú maciór
dative macierzy macierzama, maciorama maciorám
accusative maciérz macierzy, maciory maciory
instrumental macierzą macierzama, maciorama maciorami
locative macierze macierzú, maciorú maciorach
vocative maci macierzy, maciory maciory

Descendants
  • Polish: mać, macierz, matka

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of macierz (“matrix”), maciora (“female pig”), and mutra (“nut for a bolt”). mać comes from leveling to the nominative stem, macierz and maciora from leveling to the two oblique stems, and mutra was borrowed from German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mat͡ɕ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: mać

Noun

mać f (diminutive matka)

  1. (archaic) mother

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Noun

mać f

  1. mother

Declension
Declension of mać
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mać maćeri maćerje
Genitive maćerje maćerjow maćerjow
Dative maćeri maćerjomaj maćerjam
Accusative maćer, mać maćeri maćerje
Instrumental maćerju maćerjomaj maćerjemi
Locative maćeri maćerjomaj maćerjach
Vocative mać maćeri maćerje
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