ма
Bulgarian
Interjection
ма • (ma)
- (vulgar, derogatory) placed at the end of a sentence, when directed at a woman, as a strongly offensive intensifier
Dungan
Komi-Permyak
Etymology
From Proto-Permic *må, from Proto-Uralic *mete, borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (compare Russian мёд (mjod) and English mead). Cognates include Finnish mesi and Hungarian méz.

ма
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma/, [ˈmä]
- Hyphenation: ма
Declension
Declension of ма (stem: ма-) | |||
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nominative | ма (ma) | маэз (maez) | |
accusative | I* | ма (ma) | маэз (maez) |
II* | маӧс (maös) | маэзӧс (maezös) | |
instrumental | маӧн (maön) | маэзӧн (maezön) | |
comitative | макӧт (maköt) | маэзкӧт (maezköt) | |
caritive | матӧг (matög) | маэзтӧг (maeztög) | |
consecutive | мала (mala) | маэзла (maezla) | |
genitive | малӧн (malön) | маэзлӧн (maezlön) | |
ablative | малісь (maliś) | маэзлісь (maezliś) | |
dative | малӧ (malö) | маэзлӧ (maezlö) | |
inessive | маын (mayn) | маэзын (maezyn) | |
elative | маісь (maiś) | маэзісь (maeziś) | |
illative | маӧ (maö) | маэзӧ (maezö) | |
egressive | масянь (maśaň) | маэзсянь (maezśaň) | |
approximative | малань (malaň) | маэзлань (maezlaň) | |
terminative | I | маӧдз (maödź) | маэзӧдз (maezödź) |
II | мави (mavi) | маэзви (maezvi) | |
prolative | маӧт (maöt) | маэзӧт (maezöt) | |
*) Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I. |
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References
- R. M. Batalova; A. S. Krivoshchekova-Gantman (1985) Коми-пермяцко-русский словарь [Komi-Permyak-Russian dictionary]
Komi-Zyrian

Ма.
Etymology
From Proto-Permic *må, from Proto-Uralic *mete, borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (compare Russian мёд (mjod) and English mead). Cognates include Finnish mesi and Hungarian méz.
Permic cognates include Udmurt му (mu) and Komi-Permyak ма (ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma/, [ˈmä]
- Hyphenation: ма
Declension
Declension of ма (stem: ма-) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | ма (ma) | маяс (majas) | |
accusative | I* | ма (ma) | маяс (majas) |
II* | маӧс (maös) | маясӧс (majasös) | |
instrumental | маӧн (maön) | маясӧн (majasön) | |
comitative | макӧд (maköd) | маяскӧд (majasköd) | |
caritive | матӧг (matög) | маястӧг (majastög) | |
consecutive | мала (mala) | маясла (majasla) | |
genitive | малӧн (malön) | маяслӧн (majaslön) | |
ablative | малысь (malyś) | маяслысь (majaslyś) | |
dative | малы (maly) | маяслы (majasly) | |
inessive | маын (mayn) | маясын (majasyn) | |
elative | маысь (mayś) | маясысь (majasyś) | |
illative | маӧ (maö) | маясӧ (majasö) | |
egressive | масянь (maśaň) | маяссянь (majasśaň) | |
approximative | малань (malaň) | маяслань (majaslaň) | |
terminative | маӧдз (maödź) | маясӧдз (majasödź) | |
prolative | I | маӧд (maöd) | маясӧд (majasöd) |
II | маті (mati) | маясті (majasti) | |
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References
- A. I. Podorova, editor (1948) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 121
- L. M. Beznosikova; E. A. Ajbabina; R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 376
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma]
Interjection
ма • (ma)
- (vulgar, derogatory) Placed at the end of an utterance as an offensive intensifier (usually when addressing women)
Mariupol Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek μά (má), borrowed from Old Italian ma. Cognates include Greek μα (ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma/
- Hyphenation: ма
Ossetian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.
Further reading
- Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “ма”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
- Таказов, Ф. М. (2003), “ма”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
- Абаев, В. И. (1973), “ma”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 60f
Southern Yukaghir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaʔ/
- Hyphenation: ма
Interjection
ма (ma)
- take it!
- 2000, V. K. Spiridonov; I. A. Nikolaeva, Букварь для 1 класса юкагирских школ [A primer for the 1st class of Yukaghir schools], Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 11:
- Эм-мээ, ма!
- Em-mē, ma!
- Mum-my, take!
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References
- Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 30
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