mať

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmac]

Verb

mať

1. second-person singular imperative of mást

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mac]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

mať f (genitive singular matere, nominative plural matere)

1. mother

   Synonyms: matka, mama, mamička, mater

Declension

Declension of mať

	singular	plural
nominative	mať	matere
genitive	matere	materí
dative	materi	materiam
accusative	mať	matere
locative	materi	materiach
instrumental	materou	materami

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

Verb

mať impf

1. to have
2. to be supposed to

Conjugation

Conjugation of mať (class I, pattern chytať)

infinitive		mať
present active participle		majúci
past active participle		—
passive participle		—
l-participle (m./f./n./pl.)		mal, mala, malo, mali
transgressive		majúc
gerund		—
indicative	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	mám	máš	má	máme	máte	majú
past (m./f./n.)	mal som mala som malo som	mal si mala si malo si	mal mala malo	mali sme	mali ste	mali
past perfect (m./f./n.)	bol som mal bola som mala bolo som malo	bol si mal bola si mala bolo si malo	bol mal bola mala bolo malo	boli sme mali	boli ste mali	boli mali
future	budem mať	budeš mať	bude mať	budeme mať	budete mať	budú mať
conditional	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present (m./f./n.)	mal by som mala by som malo by som	mal by si mala by si malo by si	mal by mala by malo by	mali by sme	mali by ste	mali by
past (m./f./n.)	bol by som mal bola by som mala bolo by som malo	bol by si mal bola by si mala bolo by si malo	bol by mal bola by mala bolo by malo	boli by sme mali	boli by ste mali	boli by mali
imperative	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	—	maj	—	majme	majte	—

Further reading

• “mať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
• Peciar, Štefan, editor (1960), “mať”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka [Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 2 (L – O), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC, page 105
• Peciar, Štefan, editor (1959), “jímať”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka [Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1 (A – K), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC, page 652