má

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː/
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Verb

má

  1. third-person singular present indicative of mít

Pronoun

má

  1. First-person feminine singular nominative and vocative of můj
  2. First-person neuter plural nominative, accusative and vocative of můj

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔaː

Verb

má

  1. I, he, she, it must 1st and 3rd person singular present of mega

Conjugation

Ibino

Verb

má

  1. love, like

Further reading

Ibuoro

Verb

má

  1. love, like

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

See mega.

Verb

má

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mega
  2. third-person singular present indicative of mega

Etymology 2

Verb

má (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative máði, supine máð)

  1. (with accusative) to blur, to efface
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mag, from Proto-Celtic *magos.

Alternative forms

Noun

má f (genitive singular má, nominative plural mánna)

  1. plain (expanse of land with relatively low relief)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish má.

Conjunction

má

  1. if
    Má chreideann sé an scéal sin tá sé saonta go maith.
    If he believes that story, he’s pretty gullible.
  2. even though
    • 1933, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed 1938 in Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval, p. 193:
      Nuair a fuair sé bás, má bhí Máire brónach bhí sí sásta d’fhonn is go mbeadh an captaen óg le pósadh aici.
      When he died, even though Máire was sad, she was satisfied in the hope that the young captain would marry her.
Usage notes
  • Used in factual conditionals with the present or past indicative; triggers lenition of a following consonant (except tá (“is”)) and takes the independent form of verbs that distinguish dependent and independent forms.
Synonyms
  • dá (in counterfactual conditionals)
  • mura (in negative sentences; ‘unless’)
Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
má mhá not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Itu Mbon Uzo

Verb

má

  1. love, like

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

má (Zhuyin ㄇㄚˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 吔
  2. Pinyin transcription of 嗍
  3. Pinyin transcription of 犘
  4. Pinyin transcription of 痲
  5. Pinyin transcription of 菺
  6. Pinyin transcription of 蔴
  7. Pinyin transcription of 蟆, 蟇
  8. Pinyin transcription of 麻

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/
  • Rhymes: -a

Adjective

má

  1. feminine singular of mau

Ukwa

Verb

má

  1. love, like

Further reading

Usaghade

Verb

má

  1. love, like

Further reading

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-maːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *dɓal or *(d)ɓail

Noun

(classifier cái) má (媽, 𦟐, 𦢷)

  1. (anatomy) cheek

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 媽 (“mother”; SV: ma).

Noun

má

  1. (dialectal, Southern dialects) mother; mom
Synonyms
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