μαμά
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Byzantine Greek μάμμα (mámma) with one < μ > (simplification of spelling) and recessive accent as in the French maman. From the Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē, “mom; later: grandmother”)[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]μαμά • (mamá) f (plural μαμάδες)
- (familiar) mom, mum, ma
- (figuratively, slang, rare) a vehicle with unmodified factory-built equipment.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μαμά (mamá) | μαμάδες (mamádes) |
| genitive | μαμάς (mamás) | μαμάδων (mamádon) |
| accusative | μαμά (mamá) | μαμάδες (mamádes) |
| vocative | μαμά (mamá) | μαμάδες (mamádes) |
Derived terms
[edit]- μαμάκα f (mamáka) (diminutive)
Related terms
[edit]- μαμάκιας (mamákias) (colloquial)
- μαμή f (mamí), μαμμή (mammí, “midwife”)
- μαμίσιος (mamísios, “factory-built”)
- μαμόθρεφτος (mamóthreftos)
- χαζομαμά f (chazomamá)
- see: μητέρα f (mitéra, “mother”)
References
[edit]- ^ μαμά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language