μάμμη

See also: μαμμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Back formed from the onomatopoeic baby-talk μᾰ́μμᾰ (mắmmă).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μᾰ́μμη • (mắmmē) f (genitive μᾰ́μμης); first declension

  1. mamma, mammy
  2. mother's breast
  3. (later) grandmother
    Synonym: τήθη (tḗthē)

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰ́μμη; τῆς μᾰ́μμης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μᾰ́μμη
hē mắmmē 		τὼ μᾰ́μμᾱ
tṑ mắmmā 		αἱ μᾰ́μμαι
hai mắmmai
Genitive τῆς μᾰ́μμης
tês mắmmēs 		τοῖν μᾰ́μμαιν
toîn mắmmain 		τῶν μᾰμμῶν
tôn mămmôn
Dative τῇ μᾰ́μμῃ
tēî mắmmēi 		τοῖν μᾰ́μμαιν
toîn mắmmain 		ταῖς μᾰ́μμαις
taîs mắmmais
Accusative τὴν μᾰ́μμην
tḕn mắmmēn 		τὼ μᾰ́μμᾱ
tṑ mắmmā 		τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́μμᾱς
tā̀s mắmmās
Vocative μᾰ́μμη
mắmmē 		μᾰ́μμᾱ
mắmmā 		μᾰ́μμαι
mắmmai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek:
    • Greek: μάμμη (mámmi, “grandmother”)
    • Romani: mami (“grandmother”)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάμμη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 899

Further reading

Greek

Noun

μάμμη • (mámmi) f (plural μάμμες)

  1. (dialect) grandmother

Declension

Declension of μάμμη
singular plural
nominative μάμμη (mámmi) μάμμες (mámmes)
genitive μάμμης (mámmis) -
accusative μάμμη (mámmi) μάμμες (mámmes)
vocative μάμμη (mámmi) μάμμες (mámmes)

Synonyms

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