μάμμη

See also: μαμμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Back formed from the onomatopoeic baby-talk μᾰ́μμᾰ (mámma).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μᾰ́μμη • (mámmē) f (genitive μᾰ́μμης); first declension

  1. mamma, mammy
  2. mother's breast
  3. (later) grandmother

Declension
First declension of ἡ μᾰ́μμη; τῆς μᾰ́μμης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μᾰ́μμη
hē mámmē		 τὼ μᾰ́μμᾱ
tṑ mámmā		 αἱ μᾰ́μμαι
hai mámmai
Genitive τῆς μᾰ́μμης
tês mámmēs		 τοῖν μᾰ́μμαιν
toîn mámmain		 τῶν μᾰμμῶν
tôn mammôn
Dative τῇ μᾰ́μμῃ
têi mámmēi		 τοῖν μᾰ́μμαιν
toîn mámmain		 ταῖς μᾰ́μμαις
taîs mámmais
Accusative τὴν μᾰ́μμην
tḕn mámmēn		 τὼ μᾰ́μμᾱ
tṑ mámmā		 τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́μμᾱς
tā̀s mámmās
Vocative μᾰ́μμη
mámmē		 μᾰ́μμᾱ
mámmā		 μᾰ́μμαι
mámmai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μάμμη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 899

Further reading

Greek

Noun

μάμμη • (mámmi) f (plural μάμμες)

  1. (dialectal) grandmother

Declension
declension of μάμμη
singular plural
nominative μάμμη • μάμμες •
genitive μάμμης • —
accusative μάμμη • μάμμες •
vocative μάμμη • μάμμες •

Synonyms
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