мома

See also: MoMA, mo̱ma, and moma

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, of babbling origin similar to ма́ма (máma, “mom”), на́на (nána, “aunty, female relative”). No exact cognates outside of Balkan Slavic (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian), thus, possibly a neologism. Formally, may result from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, to ripen”) (whence perhaps Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”)).

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [moˈma]
Rhymes: -ma

Noun edit

мома́ • (momá) f (masculine мо́мък, diminutive моме́)

female equivalent of мо́мък (mómǎk): young woman or girl, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, damsel
female equivalent of мо́мък (mómǎk): unmarried woman
virgin
Synonyms: девица (devica), девственица (devstvenica)

Declension edit

Declension of мома́

	singular	plural
indefinite	мома́ momá	моми́ momí
definite	мома́та momáta	моми́те momíte
vocative form	мо́ме, мо́мне¹ móme, mómne¹	моми́ momí

¹Dialectal.

Derived terms edit

verbs

(stative) моме́я се (moméja se)
(factitive) мому́вам (momúvam)

nouns

(diminutive) мо́мица (mómica)
(abstract noun) мо́мство (mómstvo, “adolescence”)
(agent noun) мома́р (momár, “match-maker”)
(abstract noun) моми́нство (momínstvo)
(diminutive) моми́че (momíče)
(diminutive) момле́ (momlé)
(augmentative) момя́га (momjága)

adjectives

мо́мин (mómin)
мо́мски (mómski)

Related terms edit

мо́мък (mómǎk, “lad, mate”)
- момче́ (momčé, “boy”)
- мо́мкиня (mómkinja, “servant, female mate”)

References edit

“мома”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“мома”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Nayden Gerov (1899) “мома́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 79
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мома”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 224

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈmɔma]
Hyphenation: мо‧ма

Noun edit

мо́ма • (móma) f (plural мо́ми, relational adjective мо́мин or мо́мински, diminutive мо́ме or мо́менце or мо́миче or мо́мичка)

(folk poetic, regional) young woman, lass, maiden, damsel
(folk poetic, regional) unmarried woman
a thin slice of bread

Declension edit

Declension of мома

	singular	plural
indefinite	мома	моми
definite unspecified	момата	момите
definite proximal	момава	момиве
definite distal	момана	момине
vocative	момо	моми

References edit

“мома” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu