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Ma

Ma

(mä)
,
Noun.
[Cf.
Mamma
.]
1.
A child’s word for
mother
.
2.
[Hind.]
In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Ma

,
c
onj.
[It.]
(Mus.)
But; – used in cautionary phrases;
as, “Vivace,
ma
non troppo presto” (i. e., lively, but not too quick)
.
Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Definition 2024


See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Faroese

Verb

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

Conjugation


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

See mega.

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Verb

(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

Anagrams


Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Noun

 f (genitive singular , nominative plural mánna)

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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish .

Conjunction

  1. if
    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, 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 (is)) and takes the independent form of verbs that distinguish dependent and independent forms.

Derived terms
Related terms
  • (‘if’ in counterfactual conditionals)
  • mura (‘if’ in negative sentences; ‘unless’)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mhá unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mandarin

Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄇㄚˊ)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/
  • Rhymes: -a

Adjective

  1. feminine singular of mau

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

(classifier cái) (, 𦟐, 𦢷)

  1. (anatomy) cheek

Etymology 2

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

Noun

  1. (dialectal, Southern dialects) mother; mom
Synonyms