macierz
Old Polish
Noun
macierz f
- 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
- matrix (notion in mathematics)
- matrix (part of the mitochondrion)
- (dated or literary) motherland, country of origin
- (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
- macierzowy
- macierzyński
- macierzysty
Further reading
- macierz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- macierz in Polish dictionaries at PWN