мама

• mama — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

A nursery word. From Proto-Slavic *mama, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”) among others. Cf. Proto-Slavic *tata, *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmama]

• Audio:

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ма́ма • (máma) f pers (genitive ма́мы, nominative plural ма́мы, genitive plural мам)

1. mum / mom

• “мама” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “мама”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamɐ]
• Hyphenation^(key): ма‧ма

A nursery word, inherited from Proto-Slavic *mama.

ма́ма • (máma) f

1. mama, mom/mommy, mum/mummy
2. (dialectal, by extension) mother's bosom, mammae

   Synonyms: бо́зка (bózka), (in animals) ви́ме (víme)

• ба́ба (bába, “granny”)
• ка́ка (káka, “older sister”)
• на́на (nána, “co-mother, aunt”)

• nouns

  • (diminutive) ма́минка (máminka)
  • (diminutive) ма́мица (mámica)
  • (diminutive) ма́мичка (mámička)
  • (diminutive) ма́мка (mámka)
• adjectives

  • ма́мев (mámev)
  • ма́мин (mámin)

• “мама”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мама”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́ма”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 47
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мама¹, мама²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 631

Action noun of ма́мя (mámja, “to deceive”).

ма́ма • (máma) f (obsolete)

1. deception, fraud

• nouns

  • изма́ма (izmáma)
  • подма́ма (podmáma)
  • прима́мка (primámka)
• adjectives

  • ма́мен (mámen)

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́мка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 48
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мама³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 632

Borrowed from Russian мама (mama).

• IPA^(key): /mɑˈmɑ/

мама • (mama)

1. (colloquial) mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom

A nursery word. From Proto-Slavic *mama, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”) among others. Cf. Proto-Slavic *tata, *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmama]

• Audio:

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мама • (mama) f (relational adjective мамин, diminutive маме or мамица or мамичка or мамиче)

1. mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom (mother)

• “мама” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• амам (amam)

Inherited from Old East Slavic *ма́ма (*máma), from Proto-Slavic *màma, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, from *méh₂-, from *méh₂tēr (“mother”).^[1][2][3] Cognate with Russian ма́ма (máma).

мама • (mama) f

1. mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom (mother)

• Belarusian: ма́ма (máma)
• Carpathian Rusyn: ма́ма (máma)
• Ukrainian: ма́ма (máma)

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “мама”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 252
• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “мама”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 41

A nursery word. From Proto-Slavic *mama, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”) among others. Cf. Proto-Slavic *tata, *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamə]

• Audio:

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ма́ма • (máma) f anim or f inan (genitive ма́мы, nominative plural ма́мы, genitive plural мам, diminutive ма́мочка or ма́менька)

1. mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom (mother)

   Я Том, а э́то моя́ ма́ма. ― Ja Tom, a éto mojá máma. ― I am Tom and this is my mom.

2. (computing slang) motherboard
3. (figuratively) female socket

• мать (matʹ)
• ма́мочка (mámočka)
• ма́менька (mámenʹka)
• мама́ша (mamáša)

• ма́мин (mámin)

• → Ingrian: mama

A nursery word. From Proto-Slavic *mama, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”) among others. Cf. Proto-Slavic *tata, *baba.

• IPA^(key): /mâma/
• Hyphenation: ма‧ма

ма̏ма f (Latin spelling mȁma)

1. mom

• mama — Podlachian

A nursery word. From Proto-Slavic *mama, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”) among others. Cf. Proto-Slavic *tata, *baba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamɐ]

• Audio:

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ма́ма • (máma) f pers (genitive ма́ми, nominative plural ма́ми or мами́, genitive plural мам or мамі́в)

1. mama, mummy, mom, ma

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мама”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “мама”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)