мати

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mati"

Carpathian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɪ]
• Rhymes: -atɪ
• Syllabification: ма‧ти

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic мати (mati), from Proto-Slavic *mati.

Noun

мати • (maty)

1. mother

   Няньо і мати Енді Варгола ― Njanʹo i maty Endi Varhola ― Father and mother of Andy Warhol

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

Verb

ма́ти • (máty) impf

1. (transitive) to have

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫtiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmati]

Verb

мати • (mati) third-singular present, impf (perfective измати)

1. (transitive) to stir
2. (intransitive) to plot, scheme
3. (transitive) to swindle
4. (transitive) to cloud, blur

Conjugation

Conjugation of мати (imperfective, present in -и)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	мател (matel)	—	adjectival participle	матен (maten)
feminine	матела (matela)	—	adverbial participle	матејќи (matejḱi)
neuter	матело (matelo)	—	verbal noun	матење (matenje)
plural	мателе (matele)	—	perfect participle	матено (mateno)
finite forms	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	матам (matam)	матев (matev)	—	—
2nd singular	матиш (matiš)	матеше (mateše)	—	мати (mati)
3rd singular	мати (mati)	матеше (mateše)	—	—
1st plural	матиме (matime)	матевме (matevme)	—	—
2nd plural	матите (matite)	матевте (matevte)	—	матете (matete)
3rd plural	матат (matat)	матеа (matea)	—	—
compound tenses
perfect	сум мател (sum matel)		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам матено (imam mateno)		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев мател (bev matel)		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав матено (imav mateno)		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал матено (sum imal mateno)		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе матам (ḱe matam)		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам матено (ḱe imam mateno)		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе матев (ḱe matev)		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав матено (ḱe imav mateno)		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум мател (ḱe sum matel)		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал матено (ḱe sum imal mateno)		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би мател (bi matel)		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал матено (bi imal mateno)		conditional of има + perfect participle

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⰿⰰⱅⰻ (mati) — Glagolitic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mati.

Noun

мати • (mati) f

1. mother

Declension

Declension of мати (r-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	мати mati	матери materi	матери materi
genitive	матере matere	матероу materu	матеръ materŭ
dative	матери materi	матерьма materĭma	матерьмъ materĭmŭ
accusative	матерь materĭ	матери materi	матери materi
instrumental	матерьѭ materĭjǫ	матерьма materĭma	матерьми materĭmi
locative	матери materi	матероу materu	матерьхъ materĭxŭ
vocative	мати mati	матери materi	матери materi

See also

Old Church Slavic family terms

отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”)	Male	Female
parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ)	отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”)	мати (mati, “mother”)
sibling	братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”)	сестра (sestra, “sister”)
child	сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”)	дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”)
grandparent	дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”)	баба (baba, “grandmother”)
grandchild	въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”)	– (“granddaughter”)
great-grandparent	прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”)	– (“great-grandmother”)
mother's sibling	оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”)	– (“maternal aunt”)
father's sibling	стрꙑи (stryi, “paternal uncle”)	– (“paternal aunt”)
sibling's child	братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”)	братана (bratana, “niece”)
cousin	братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”)	братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”)
spouse	мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”)	жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”)
parent of wife	тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”)	тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”)	свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of husband	дєвєръ (deverŭ, “brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	зълꙑ (zŭly, “sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)
stepchild	пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”)	– (“stepdaughter”)
step-parent	отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ, “stepfather”)	мащеха (maštexa, “stepmother”)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑti/→/ˈmatʲi/→/ˈmatʲi/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑti/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmatʲi/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈmatʲi/

• Hyphenation: ма‧ти

Noun

мати (mati) f

1. mother
2. foundation

Declension

Declension of мати (r-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	мати mati	матери materi	матере matere
genitive	матере matere	матеру materu	матеръ materŭ
dative	матери materi	матерьма materĭma	матерьмъ materĭmŭ
accusative	матерь materĭ	матери materi	матери materi
instrumental	матерьѭ materĭjǫ	матерьма materĭma	матерьми materĭmi
locative	матере matere	матеру materu	матерьхъ materĭxŭ
vocative	мати mati	матери materi	матере matere

Coordinate terms

• отьць (otĭcĭ, “father”)

Descendants

• Belarusian: ма́ці (máci)
• Russian: мать (matʹ), ма́ти (máti) (archaic)
• Carpathian Rusyn: ма́ти (máty)
• Ukrainian: ма́ти (máty)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “мати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 118

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

PIE word
*méh₂tēr

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ма‧ти

Noun

мати • (mati) f

1. mother

Declension

Declension of мати (r-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	мати mati	матери materi	матери materi
genitive	матере matere	матероу materu	матеръ materŭ
dative	матери materi	матерьма materĭma	матерьмъ materĭmŭ
accusative	матерь materĭ	матери materi	матери materi
instrumental	матерьѭ materĭjǫ	матерьма materĭma	матерьми materĭmi
locative	матере matere	матероу materu	матерьхъ materĭxŭ
vocative	мати mati	матери materi	матери materi

See also

Old Novgorodian family terms

роде (rode, “family”)	male	female
parent	отьць (otĭćĭ), батько (batĭko, “father”)	мати (mati, “mother”)
sibling	брате (brate, “brother”)	сестра (sestra, “sister”)
child	сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”)	дъци (dŭći, “daughter”)
grandparent	дѣде (děde, “grandfather”)	баба (baba, “grandmother”)
grandchild	въноуке (vŭnuke, “grandson”)	? (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*отьцимъ (*otĭćimŭ, “stepfather”)	*мацеха (*maćexa, “stepmother”)
parents' sibling	дꙗдꙗ (djadja, “parents' uncle”) стръи (strŷi, “paternal uncle”), *оуи (*ui, “maternal uncle”)	тетька (tetĭka, “parents' aunt”)
spouse	мѫжь (mǫžĭ, “husband”)	жона (žona, “wife”)
parent of wife	тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”)	? (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	свекре (svekre, “father-in-law (husband's father)”)	? (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
spouse of child	ꙁѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)

Further reading

• “мати”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2025
• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[2] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 735

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatʲɪ]

Noun

ма́ти • (máti) f anim (genitive ма́тери, nominative plural ма́тери, genitive plural матере́й)

1. Obsolete form of мать (matʹ).

Declension

Declension of ма́ти^△ (anim fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ма́ти△ máti△	ма́тери máteri
genitive	ма́тери máteri	матере́й materéj
dative	ма́тери máteri	матеря́м materjám
accusative	ма́ти△ máti△	матере́й materéj
instrumental	ма́терью máterʹju	матеря́ми, матерьми́△ materjámi, materʹmí△
prepositional	ма́тери máteri	матеря́х materjáx

^△ Irregular.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâti/

• mȁti:

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• Hyphenation: ма‧ти

Noun

ма̏ти f (Latin spelling mȁti)

1. mother

   Synonym: ма̑јка

Declension

Declension of мати

	singular	plural
nominative	ма̏ти/ма̏те̄р	матере
genitive	ма̏тере̄	матера
dative	ма̏тери	матерама
accusative	ма̏те̄р	матере
vocative	мати	матере
locative	ма̏тери	матерама
instrumental	матером	матерама

Derived terms

• матерѐтина
• матерѐшина
• ма̏терин
• ма̏терӣнскӣ
• ма̏терӣнство
• ма̏терињӣ
• ма̏терице
• ма̏теричнӣ
• ма̏терница
• ма̀те̄рњӣ
• матеру̀сина

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmate]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic мати (mati), from Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

ма́ти • (máty) f pers (genitive ма́тері, nominative plural матері́, genitive plural матері́в)

1. mother

   Synonyms: ма́ма (máma), (less common) не́ня (nénja)

Declension

Declension of ма́ти
(pers 3rd-decl fem-form accent-c і-е)

	singular	plural
nominative	ма́ти máty	матері́ materí
genitive	ма́тері máteri	матері́в materív
dative	ма́тері máteri	матеря́м materjám
accusative	ма́тір mátir	матері́в materív
instrumental	ма́тір'ю mátirʺju	матеря́ми materjámy
locative	ма́тері máteri	матеря́х materjáx
vocative	ма́ти máty	матері́ materí

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

Verb

ма́ти • (máty) impf

1. to have

   Якщо́ роботода́вець відправля́є у відря́дження жі́нку, яка́ ма́є дити́ну ві́ком до трьох ро́ків, це вважа́тиметься пору́шенням законода́вства.

   Jakščó robotodávecʹ vidpravljáje u vidrjádžennja žínku, jaká máje dytýnu víkom do trʹox rókiv, ce vvažátymetʹsja porúšennjam zakonodávstva.

   If an employer sends a woman who has a child under the age of three on a business trip, this will be considered a violation of the law.

2. to have to; to be obliged (to do something) (+ infinitive)

   Він мав працюва́ти вчо́ра. ― Vin mav pracjuváty včóra. ― He had to work yesterday.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ма́ти, мать (class 1a, imperfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	ма́ти, мать máty, matʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	ма́ючи májučy	ма́вши mávšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	ма́ю máju	бу́ду ма́ти, бу́ду ма́ть, ма́тиму búdu máty, búdu mátʹ, mátymu
2nd singular ти	ма́єш máješ	бу́деш ма́ти, бу́деш ма́ть, ма́тимеш búdeš máty, búdeš mátʹ, mátymeš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	ма́є máje	бу́де ма́ти, бу́де ма́ть, ма́тиме búde máty, búde mátʹ, mátyme
1st plural ми	ма́єм, ма́ємо májem, májemo	бу́демо ма́ти, бу́демо ма́ть, ма́тимемо, ма́тимем búdemo máty, búdemo mátʹ, mátymemo, mátymem
2nd plural ви	ма́єте májete	бу́дете ма́ти, бу́дете ма́ть, ма́тимете búdete máty, búdete mátʹ, mátymete
3rd plural вони	ма́ють májutʹ	бу́дуть ма́ти, бу́дуть ма́ть, ма́тимуть búdutʹ máty, búdutʹ mátʹ, mátymutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	ма́ймо májmo
second-person	май maj	ма́йте májte
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	мав mav	ма́ли mály
feminine я / ти / вона	ма́ла mála
neuter воно	ма́ло málo

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “мати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “мати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “мати”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language]‎^[3] (in Russian), volumes 1: А – Н, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 945