Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⰿⰰⱅⰹ ‎(mati)

Noun

мати • ‎(mati) f

1. mother

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Noun

мати ‎(mati) f

1. mother

Descendants

• Belarusian: ма́ці ‎(máci)
• Russian: мать ‎(matʹ), ма́ти ‎(máti) (archaic)
• Ukrainian: ма́ти ‎(máty)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatʲɪ]

Noun

ма́ти • ‎(máti) f anim ‎(genitive ма́тери, nominative plural ма́тери, genitive plural матере́й)

1. Obsolete form of мать ‎(matʹ).

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâti/
• Hyphenation: ма‧ти

Noun

ма̏ти f ‎(Latin spelling mȁti)

1. mother

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms

• ма̑јка

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatɪ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ма́ти • ‎(máty) f anim ‎(genitive ма́тері, nominative plural матері́)

1. mother

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *jьmati

Verb

ма́ти • ‎(máty) impf

1. to have

Conjugation

References

• Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мати”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka