# мама
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* mama — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmama]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ма́ма • (máma) f pers (genitive ма́мы, nominative plural ма́мы, genitive plural мам)
* mum / mom

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “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)

## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmamɐ]
* Hyphenation: ма‧ма

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ма́ма • (máma) f
* mama, mom/mommy, mum/mummy
* (dialectal, by extension) mother's bosom, mammae
    Synonyms: бо́зка (bózka), (in animals) ви́ме (víme)

##### Declension

$^1$Dialectal.

##### Coordinate terms

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

##### Derived terms

* (nouns):(diminutive) ма́минка (máminka)(diminutive) ма́мица (mámica)(diminutive) ма́мичка (mámička)(diminutive) ма́мка (mámka)
* (adjectives):ма́мев (mámev)ма́мин (mámin)

#### References

* “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]‎ (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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

ма́ма • (máma) f (obsolete)
* deception, fraud

##### Derived terms

* (nouns):изма́ма (izmáma)подма́ма (podmáma)прима́мка (primámka)
* (adjectives):ма́мен (mámen)

#### References

* Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́мка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (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

## Macedonian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmama]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

мама • (mama) f (relational adjective мамин, diminutive маме or мамица or мамичка or мамиче)
* mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom (mother)

#### Declension
### References

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

### Anagrams

* амам (amam)

## Old Ruthenian
### Etymology

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”). Cognate with Russian ма́ма (máma).

### Noun

мама • (mama) f
* mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom (mother)

#### Related terms

* ма́мка f (mámka)

#### Descendants

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

### References

* ↑ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mama”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 183
* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “мама”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 375
* ↑ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1990), “ма́ма”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 6 (лі́ра – мая́чыць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 208

### Further reading

* 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

## Russian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmamə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ма́ма • (máma) f anim or f inan (genitive ма́мы, nominative plural ма́мы, genitive plural мам, diminutive ма́мочка or ма́менька)
* 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.
* (computing slang) motherboard
* (figuratively) female socket

#### Declension

$^*$Colloquial.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Related terms

* ма́мин (mámin)

#### Descendants

* → Ingrian: mama

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mâma/
* Hyphenation: ма‧ма

### Noun

ма̏ма f (Latin spelling mȁma)
* mom

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmamɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ма́ма • (máma) f pers (genitive ма́ми, nominative plural ма́ми or мами́, genitive plural мам or мамі́в)
* mama, mummy, mom, ma

#### Declension
### References

* 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)