μάμμη

See also: μαμμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Back formed from the onomatopoeic baby-talk μᾰ́μμᾰ (mámma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mám.mɛː/ → /ˈmam.mi/ → /ˈma.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mám.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.mi/

Noun

μᾰ́μμη • (mámmē) f (genitive μᾰ́μμης); first declension

1. mamma, mammy
2. mother's breast
3. (later) grandmother

   Synonym: τήθη (tḗthē)

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰ́μμη; τῆς μᾰ́μμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰ́μμη hē mámmē	τὼ μᾰ́μμᾱ tṑ mámmā	αἱ μᾰ́μμαι hai mámmai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰ́μμης tês mámmēs	τοῖν μᾰ́μμαιν toîn mámmain	τῶν μᾰμμῶν tôn mammôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰ́μμῃ têi mámmēi	τοῖν μᾰ́μμαιν toîn mámmain	ταῖς μᾰ́μμαις taîs mámmais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́μμην tḕn mámmēn	τὼ μᾰ́μμᾱ tṑ mámmā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́μμᾱς tā̀s mámmās
Vocative	μᾰ́μμη mámmē	μᾰ́μμᾱ mámmā	μᾰ́μμαι mámmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek:
  • Greek: μάμμη (mámmi, “grandmother”)
  • Romani: mami (“grandmother”)

Further reading

• “μάμμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μάμμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μάμμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3125 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Noun

μάμμη • (mámmi) f (plural μάμμες)

1. (dialect) grandmother

Declension

Declension of μάμμη

	singular	plural
nominative	μάμμη •	μάμμες •
genitive	μάμμης •	—
accusative	μάμμη •	μάμμες •
vocative	μάμμη •	μάμμες •

Synonyms

• γιαγιά f (giagiá)
• νόνα f (nóna)
• νενέ f (nené)
• βάβω f (vávo)