Parts of speech
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мати, gen. матері (accusative case: матір) - mother |
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матінка, матусенька, матуся, матка - dear mother (diminutive) материнство - motherhood |
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материн, материна, материне - mother's, relating or pertaining to a mother матерній - motherly, maternal матусин - mother's, relating or pertaining to a mother (in diminutive form) |
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Additional information
1. мати is the only noun of its kind, grammatically, except for its compounds (for the full declension see https://ukrainianlanguage.uk/read/unit15/page15-4.htm)
2. мати is etymologically related to мачуха, stepmother
Related words
материк - continent, mainland
матушка - sometimes used to denote the wife of an orthodox priest, this word is a loan from Russian; the traditional Ukrainian word is їмость
матка - fertile female of a species of animal; queen bee; womb or uterus
матюкати(ся) - to swear (traditionally by insulting someone's mother); use foul language