Czech

Verb

má

1. Third-person singular present present tense of mít

Pronoun

má

1. First-person feminine singular nominative and vocative of můj
2. First-person neuter plural nominative, accusative and vocative of můj

Faroese

Verb

má

1. I, he, she, it must 1st and 3rd person singular present of mega
   • eg má fara

     I have to go

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

See mega.

Verb

má

1. first-person singular present indicative of mega
2. third-person singular present indicative of mega

Etymology 2

Verb

má ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative máði, supine máð)

1. (with accusative) to blur, to efface

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• má út/má burt (to wipe out)

Anagrams

• ám

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠæː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mag, from Proto-Celtic *magos.

Alternative forms

• magh (obsolete)

Noun

má f ‎(genitive singular má, nominative plural mánna)

1. plain (expanse of land with relatively low relief)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish má.

Conjunction

má

1. if

   Má chreideann sé an scéal sin tá sé saonta go maith.‎

   If he believes that story, he’s pretty gullible.

2. even though
   • 1933, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed 1938 in Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval, p. 193:

     Nuair a fuair sé bás, má bhí Máire brónach bhí sí sásta d’fhonn is go mbeadh an captaen óg le pósadh aici.

     When he died, even though Máire was sad, she was satisfied in the hope that the young captain would marry her.

Usage notes

Used in factual conditionals with the present or past indicative; triggers lenition of a following consonant (except tá ‎(“is”)) and takes the independent form of verbs that distinguish dependent and independent forms.

Derived terms

• más

Related terms

• dá (‘if’ in counterfactual conditionals)
• mura (‘if’ in negative sentences; ‘unless’)

Mutation

Mandarin

Romanization

má (Zhuyin ㄇㄚˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 吔
2. Pinyin transcription of 嗍
3. Pinyin transcription of 犘
4. Pinyin transcription of 痲
5. Pinyin transcription of 菺
6. Pinyin transcription of 蔴
7. Pinyin transcription of 蟆, 蟇
8. Pinyin transcription of 麻

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma/
• Rhymes: -a

Adjective

má

1. feminine singular of mau

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maː˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maː˩ˀ˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maː˦ˀ˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-maːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *dɓal or *(d)ɓail

Noun

(classifier cái) má ‎(媽, 𦟐, 𦢷)

1. (anatomy) cheek

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 媽 (“mother”; SV: ma)

Noun

má

1. (dialectal, Southern dialects) mother; mom

Synonyms

• mạ
• mẹ
• mợ
• u