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Reconstruction:Old East Slavic/мама

This Old East Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *màma. First attested in the 17th century in Middle Russian.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈmɑmɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈmama/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈmama/
  • Hyphenation: ма‧ма

Noun

*мама (*mama) f

  1. mama (mother)

Declension
Declension of *мама (hard a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative мама
mama		 мамѣ
mamě		 мамꙑ
mamy
Genitive мамꙑ
mamy		 маму
mamu		 мамъ
mamŭ
Dative мамѣ
mamě		 мамама
mamama		 мамамъ
mamamŭ
Accusative мамѫ
mamǫ		 мамѣ
mamě		 мамꙑ
mamy
Instrumental мамоѭ
mamojǫ		 мамама
mamama		 мамами
mamami
Locative мамѣ
mamě		 маму
mamu		 мамахъ
mamaxŭ
Vocative мамо
mamo		 мамѣ
mamě		 мамꙑ
mamy

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: ма́ма (máma)
    • Belarusian: ма́ма (máma)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ма́ма (máma)
    • Ukrainian: ма́ма (máma)
  • Middle Russian: ма́ма (máma)

References
  1. Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “мама”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 109
  2. Filin, F. P., editor (1982), “мама”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎ (in Russian), numbers 9 (м – мяшин-), Moscow: Nauka, page 24
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