mať
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmac]
Verb
mať
- second-person singular imperative of mást
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mac]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Noun
mať f (genitive singular matere, nominative plural matere)
- mother
- Synonyms: matka, mama, mamička, mater
Declension
Declension of mať
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mať | matere |
| genitive | mati, matere | materí |
| dative | materi | materiam |
| accusative | mať, mater | matere |
| locative | materi | materiach |
| instrumental | materou | materami |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *jьmati.
Verb
mať impf
- to have
- to be supposed to
Conjugation
conjugation of mať
| infinitive | mať | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present active participle | majúci | |||||
| l-participle | mal | |||||
| transgressive | majúc | |||||
| 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 Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
- Štefan Peciar, editor (1960), “mať”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka (in Slovak), volume 2, Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, page 105
- Štefan Peciar, editor (1959), “jímať”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka (in Slovak), volume 1, Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, page 652