Noun: mãy
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | mãy |
| Plural f | mãys |
Sample Sentences
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Quen tal jogo que[r] jogar / Com ſa mãy uaa jogetar. (If anyone wants to mock me / he can go mock his mummy!) [1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Mem Rodrigues de Briteiros or João Fernandes de Ardeleiro, B 1330: Hun sangrador de Leirea (facsimile)]
Nouns inflected like mãy
azỹeira,
alfarroba,
ymagen,
ygreja,
milgrãada,
berbeleta,
barriga,
estrolomia,
cavalaria,
paravra,
paravoa,
paravla,
palavra,
purgaminho,
bẽeyçõn,
bẽeiçon,
galinha,
galinna,
demanda,
saudade, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From madre, from Latin mātrem, accusative singular of māter (“mother, matron”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Verbs referencing "mãy"
Galician Nouns
mai, Portuguese Nouns
mãe, Galician Nouns
nai.
Translations