macierz

Old Polish

Noun

macierz f

  1. mother
    Synonyms: macica, maciora, mać

Descendants
  • Polish: macierz

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish macierz (“mother”), from Proto-Slavic *màti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of mać (“mother”), maciora (“female pig”), and mutra (“nut for a bolt”). mać comes from leveling to the nominative stem, macierz and maciora from leveling to the two oblique stems, and mutra was borrowed from German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ɕɛʂ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡ɕɛʂ
  • Syllabification: ma‧cierz

Noun

macierz f

  1. matrix (notion in mathematics)
  2. matrix (part of the mitochondrion)
  3. (dated or literary) motherland, country of origin
  4. (Cieszyn Silesia) mother
    Synonym: matka

Declension
Declension of macierz
singular plural
nominative macierz macierze
genitive macierzy macierzy
dative macierzy macierzom
accusative macierz macierze
instrumental macierzą macierzami
locative macierzy macierzach
vocative macierzy macierze

Derived terms
adjectives

Further reading
  • macierz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • macierz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Jadwiga Wronicz, editor (2010) Słownik gwarowy Śląska Cieszyńskiego, Ustroń: Galeria „Na Gojach”, →ISBN
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