# мати
## Carpathian Rusyn
### Etymology

From Old East Slavic мати (mati), from Proto-Slavic *mati.

### Noun

мати • (maty)
* mother
    Няньо і мати Енді Варгола ― Njanʹo i maty Endi Varhola ― Father and mother of Andy Warhol

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫtiti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmati]

### Verb

мати • (mati) third-singular present, impf (perfective измати)
* (transitive) to stir
* (intransitive) to plot, scheme
* (transitive) to swindle
* (transitive) to cloud, blur

#### Conjugation
## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* ⰿⰰⱅⰻ (mati) — Glagolitic

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mati.

### Noun

мати • (mati) f
* mother

#### See also

| отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”) | Male | Female |
| parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ) | отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”) | мати (mati, “mother”) |
| sibling | братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”) | сестра (sestra, “sister”) |
| child | сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”) | дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”) |
| grandparent | дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”) | баба (baba, “grandmother”) |
| grandchild | въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”) | – (“granddaughter”) |
| great-grandparent | прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”) | – (“great-grandmother”) |
| mother's sibling | оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”) | – (“maternal aunt”) |
| father's sibling | стрꙑи (stryi, “paternal uncle”) | – (“paternal aunt”) |
| sibling's child | братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”) | братана (bratana, “niece”) |
| cousin | братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”) | братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”) |
| spouse | мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”) | жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”) |
| parent of wife | тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”) | тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”) | свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| sibling of husband | дєвєръ (deverŭ, “brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | зълꙑ (zŭly, “sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
| spouse of child | зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
| spouse of husband's brother | – | етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
| stepchild | пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”) | – (“stepdaughter”) |
| step-parent | отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ, “stepfather”) | мащеха (maštexa, “stepmother”) |

## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑti/→/ˈmatʲi/→/ˈmatʲi/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ˈmɑti/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ˈmatʲi/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ˈmatʲi/
* Hyphenation: ма‧ти

### Noun

мати (mati) f
* mother
* foundation

#### Coordinate terms

* отьць (otĭcĭ, “father”)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: ма́ці (máci)
* Russian: мать (matʹ), ма́ти (máti) (archaic)
* Carpathian Rusyn: ма́ти (máty)
* Ukrainian: ма́ти (máty)

### References

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “мати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 118

## Old Novgorodian
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *méh₂tēr
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ма‧ти

### Noun

мати • (mati) f
* mother

#### Declension
### See also

| роде (rode, “family”) | male | female |
| parent | отьць (otĭćĭ), батько (batĭko, “father”) | мати (mati, “mother”) |
| sibling | брате (brate, “brother”) | сестра (sestra, “sister”) |
| child | сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”) | дъци (dŭći, “daughter”) |
| grandparent | дѣде (děde, “grandfather”) | баба (baba, “grandmother”) |
| grandchild | въноуке (vŭnuke, “grandson”) | ? (“granddaughter”) |
| stepparent | *отьцимъ (*otĭćimŭ, “stepfather”) | *мацеха (*maćexa, “stepmother”) |
| parents' sibling | дꙗдꙗ (djadja, “parents' uncle”) стръи (strŷi, “paternal uncle”), *оуи (*ui, “maternal uncle”) | тетька (tetĭka, “parents' aunt”) |
| spouse | мѫжь (mǫžĭ, “husband”) | жона (žona, “wife”) |
| parent of wife | тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”) | ? (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | свекре (svekre, “father-in-law (husband's father)”) | ? (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| spouse of child | ꙁѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |

### Further reading

* “мати”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2025
* Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 735

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmatʲɪ]

### Noun

ма́ти • (máti) f anim (genitive ма́тери, nominative plural ма́тери, genitive plural матере́й)
* Obsolete form of мать (matʹ).

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mâti/
* mȁti:(file)
* Hyphenation: ма‧ти

### Noun

ма̏ти f (Latin spelling mȁti)
* mother
    Synonym: ма̑јка

#### Derived terms

* матерѐтина
* матерѐшина
* ма̏терин
* ма̏терӣнскӣ
* ма̏терӣнство
* ма̏терињӣ
* ма̏терице
* ма̏теричнӣ
* ма̏терница
* ма̀те̄рњӣ
* матеру̀сина

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmate]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic мати (mati), from Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

#### Noun

ма́ти • (máty) f pers (genitive ма́тері, nominative plural матері́, genitive plural матері́в)
* mother
    Synonyms: ма́ма (máma), (less common) не́ня (nénja)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

#### Verb

ма́ти • (máty) impf
* to have
    Якщо́ роботода́вець відправля́є у відря́дження жі́нку, яка́ ма́є дити́ну ві́ком до трьох ро́ків, це вважа́тиметься пору́шенням законода́вства.Jakščó robotodávecʹ vidpravljáje u vidrjádžennja žínku, jaká máje dytýnu víkom do trʹox rókiv, ce vvažátymetʹsja porúšennjam zakonodávstva.If an employer sends a woman who has a child under the age of three on a business trip, this will be considered a violation of the law.
* to have to; to be obliged (to do something) (+ infinitive)
    Він мав працюва́ти вчо́ра. ― Vin mav pracjuváty včóra. ― He had to work yesterday.

##### Conjugation
### References

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

### Further reading

* Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “мати”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1: А – Н, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 945