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Noun [Latvian]

IPA: [māːtɛ]
Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”), where the initial *ma, *meh₂ may have originally been a child's call or nursery word. Cognates include Lithuanian mótė (“woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother”), móteris (“woman”), mótina (“mother”), Old Prussian mūti, muti, mothe, Sudovian ate (< *māte), Proto-Slavic *mati (Russian мать (matʹ), Belarusian маць (macʹ), Ukrainian ма́ти (máty), Bulgarian ма́ти (máti), ма́тер (máter), Czech máti, archaic Polish mać), Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (Old Saxon mōdar, Old English mōdor, English mother, Old Norse móðir, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), Doric μάτηρ (mátēr), Latin māter. Etymology templates: {{inh|lv|ine-bsl-pro|*mā́ˀtē}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, {{inh|lv|ine-pro|*méh₂tēr|t=mother}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”), {{cog|lt|mótė||woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother}} Lithuanian mótė (“woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother”), {{m|lt|móteris||woman}} móteris (“woman”), {{m|lt|mótina||mother}} mótina (“mother”), {{cog|prg|mūti}} Old Prussian mūti, {{m|prg|muti}} muti, {{m|prg|mothe}} mothe, {{cog|xsv|ate}} Sudovian ate, {{m|xsv|*māte}} *māte, {{cog|sla-pro|*mati}} Proto-Slavic *mati, {{cog|ru|мать}} Russian мать (matʹ), {{cog|be|маць}} Belarusian маць (macʹ), {{cog|uk|ма́ти}} Ukrainian ма́ти (máty), {{cog|bg|ма́ти}} Bulgarian ма́ти (máti), {{m|ru|ма́тер}} ма́тер (máter), {{cog|cs|máti}} Czech máti, {{cog|pl|mać}} Polish mać, {{cog|gem-pro|*mōdēr}} Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, {{cog|osx|mōdar}} Old Saxon mōdar, {{cog|ang|mōdor}} Old English mōdor, {{cog|en|mother}} English mother, {{cog|non|móðir}} Old Norse móðir, {{cog|goh|muoter}} Old High German muoter, {{cog|de|Mutter}} German Mutter, {{cog|sa|मातृ|tr=mā́tṛ}} Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), {{cog|ae|𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭}} Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), {{cog|grc|μήτηρ}} Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), {{m|grc|μάτηρ}} μάτηρ (mátēr), {{cog|la|māter}} Latin māter Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} māte f, {{lv-noun|f|5th}} māte f (5th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|mā|e|5th||t|š|drop-v=1|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-5|mā|e|4=|5=t|6=š|7=|8=|drop-v=1|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|māte|mātes|māti|mātes|mātes|māšu|mātei|mātēm|māti|mātēm|mātē|mātēs|māt|mātes|type=5th declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-5 [table-tags], māte [nominative, singular], mātes [nominative, plural], māti [accusative, singular], mātes [accusative, plural], mātes [genitive, singular], māšu [genitive, plural], mātei [dative, singular], mātēm [dative, plural], māti [instrumental, singular], mātēm [instrumental, plural], mātē [locative, singular], mātēs [locative, plural], māt [singular, vocative], mātes [plural, vocative]
  1. mother (female parent) Tags: declension-5, feminine
    Sense id: en-māte-lv-noun-Dq9~yJhx
  2. female individual of some animal species Tags: declension-5, feminine Categories (topical): Family, Female
    Sense id: en-māte-lv-noun-v19SUZgo Disambiguation of Family: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Female: 44 55 1 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 11 73 16 Disambiguation of Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 94 4 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 9 79 11 Disambiguation of Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 12 70 18
  3. (endearing) an older woman Tags: declension-5, endearing, feminine
    Sense id: en-māte-lv-noun-Bh1q1t5i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ēzeļmāte, mātīte, namamāte, mājasmāte, vecāmāte, veļu māte Related terms: bērns, dēls, ģimene, meita

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tēvs"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ēzeļmāte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mātīte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "namamāte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mājasmāte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vecāmāte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "veļu māte"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*mā́ˀtē"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méh₂tēr",
        "t": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "mótė",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian mótė (“woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "móteris",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woman"
      },
      "expansion": "móteris (“woman”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "mótina",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "mótina (“mother”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "mūti"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian mūti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "muti"
      },
      "expansion": "muti",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "mothe"
      },
      "expansion": "mothe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xsv",
        "2": "ate"
      },
      "expansion": "Sudovian ate",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xsv",
        "2": "*māte"
      },
      "expansion": "*māte",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*mati"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *mati",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "мать"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian мать (matʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "маць"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian маць (macʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "ма́ти"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian ма́ти (máty)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "ма́ти"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian ма́ти (máti)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ма́тер"
      },
      "expansion": "ма́тер (máter)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "máti"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech máti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "mać"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish mać",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*mōdēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mōdēr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "mōdar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon mōdar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mōdor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mōdor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "English mother",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "móðir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse móðir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "muoter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German muoter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mutter"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mutter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मातृ",
        "tr": "mā́tṛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μήτηρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάτηρ"
      },
      "expansion": "μάτηρ (mátēr)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "māter"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin māter",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”), where the initial *ma, *meh₂ may have originally been a child's call or nursery word.\nCognates include Lithuanian mótė (“woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother”), móteris (“woman”), mótina (“mother”), Old Prussian mūti, muti, mothe, Sudovian ate (< *māte), Proto-Slavic *mati (Russian мать (matʹ), Belarusian маць (macʹ), Ukrainian ма́ти (máty), Bulgarian ма́ти (máti), ма́тер (máter), Czech máti, archaic Polish mać), Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (Old Saxon mōdar, Old English mōdor, English mother, Old Norse móðir, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), Doric μάτηρ (mátēr), Latin māter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "declension-5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5th declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māšu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "māte f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "5th"
      },
      "expansion": "māte f (5th declension)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mā",
        "2": "e",
        "3": "5th",
        "4": "",
        "5": "t",
        "6": "š",
        "drop-v": "1",
        "extrawidth": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mā",
        "2": "e",
        "4": "",
        "5": "t",
        "6": "š",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "1",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-5"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "māte",
        "10": "mātēm",
        "11": "mātē",
        "12": "mātēs",
        "13": "māt",
        "14": "mātes",
        "2": "mātes",
        "3": "māti",
        "4": "mātes",
        "5": "mātes",
        "6": "māšu",
        "7": "mātei",
        "8": "mātēm",
        "9": "māti",
        "type": "5th declension",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bērns"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dēls"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ģimene"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "meita"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "mother's love, care, milk",
          "text": "mātes mīlestība, rūpes, piens",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother and child",
          "text": "māte un bērns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a many-child mother",
          "text": "daudzbērnu māte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "single (= unmarried) mother",
          "text": "vientuļā māte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother tongue (= native language)",
          "text": "mātes valoda",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother and child protection",
          "text": "mātes un bērna aizsardzība",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "children left without a mother",
          "text": "bērni palikuši bez mātes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to replace someone's mother",
          "text": "aizstāt kādam māti",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be in hope of mother (= to be pregnant)",
          "text": "būt mātes cerībās",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the little girl, like a little hill, sat next to (her) mother",
          "text": "mazā meitenīte kā mazs cinītis sēdēja mātei blakus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother (female parent)"
      ],
      "id": "en-māte-lv-noun-Dq9~yJhx",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female#English"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 73 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 94 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 79 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 93 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 70 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "lv:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 55 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Female",
          "orig": "lv:Female",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "deer, wolf, bear mother (= female)",
          "text": "briežu, vilku, lāču māte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "queen bee",
          "text": "bišu māte",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female individual of some animal species"
      ],
      "id": "en-māte-lv-noun-v19SUZgo",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "take a seat, mother!",
          "text": "piesēdies, māt!"
        },
        {
          "english": "forest mother (= a mythical being)",
          "text": "meža māte",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an older woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-māte-lv-noun-Bh1q1t5i",
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(endearing) an older woman"
      ],
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        "declension-5",
        "endearing",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[māːtɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:māte"
  ],
  "word": "māte"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tēvs"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian feminine nouns",
    "Latvian fifth declension nouns",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian noun forms",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Latvian words with level intonation",
    "lv:Family",
    "lv:Female"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ēzeļmāte"
    },
    {
      "word": "mātīte"
    },
    {
      "word": "namamāte"
    },
    {
      "word": "mājasmāte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vecāmāte"
    },
    {
      "word": "veļu māte"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*mā́ˀtē"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méh₂tēr",
        "t": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "mótė",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian mótė (“woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "móteris",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woman"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "mótina",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "mótina (“mother”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "mūti"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian mūti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "muti"
      },
      "expansion": "muti",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "mothe"
      },
      "expansion": "mothe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xsv",
        "2": "ate"
      },
      "expansion": "Sudovian ate",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xsv",
        "2": "*māte"
      },
      "expansion": "*māte",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*mati"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *mati",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "мать"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian мать (matʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "маць"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian маць (macʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "ма́ти"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian ма́ти (máty)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "ма́ти"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian ма́ти (máti)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ма́тер"
      },
      "expansion": "ма́тер (máter)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "máti"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech máti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "mać"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish mać",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*mōdēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mōdēr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "mōdar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon mōdar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mōdor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mōdor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "English mother",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "móðir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse móðir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "muoter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German muoter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mutter"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mutter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मातृ",
        "tr": "mā́tṛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μήτηρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάτηρ"
      },
      "expansion": "μάτηρ (mátēr)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "māter"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin māter",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”), where the initial *ma, *meh₂ may have originally been a child's call or nursery word.\nCognates include Lithuanian mótė (“woman, wife”, dialectally also “mother”), móteris (“woman”), mótina (“mother”), Old Prussian mūti, muti, mothe, Sudovian ate (< *māte), Proto-Slavic *mati (Russian мать (matʹ), Belarusian маць (macʹ), Ukrainian ма́ти (máty), Bulgarian ма́ти (máti), ма́тер (máter), Czech máti, archaic Polish mać), Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (Old Saxon mōdar, Old English mōdor, English mother, Old Norse móðir, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), Doric μάτηρ (mátēr), Latin māter.",
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      "form": "declension-5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5th declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māšu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "māte f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "5th"
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      "expansion": "māte f (5th declension)",
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    }
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        "2": "e",
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        "4": "",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mā",
        "2": "e",
        "4": "",
        "5": "t",
        "6": "š",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "keep-s": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "māte",
        "10": "mātēm",
        "11": "mātē",
        "12": "mātēs",
        "13": "māt",
        "14": "mātes",
        "2": "mātes",
        "3": "māti",
        "4": "mātes",
        "5": "mātes",
        "6": "māšu",
        "7": "mātei",
        "8": "mātēm",
        "9": "māti",
        "type": "5th declension",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bērns"
    },
    {
      "word": "dēls"
    },
    {
      "word": "ģimene"
    },
    {
      "word": "meita"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "mother's love, care, milk",
          "text": "mātes mīlestība, rūpes, piens",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother and child",
          "text": "māte un bērns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a many-child mother",
          "text": "daudzbērnu māte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "single (= unmarried) mother",
          "text": "vientuļā māte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother tongue (= native language)",
          "text": "mātes valoda",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother and child protection",
          "text": "mātes un bērna aizsardzība",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "children left without a mother",
          "text": "bērni palikuši bez mātes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to replace someone's mother",
          "text": "aizstāt kādam māti",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be in hope of mother (= to be pregnant)",
          "text": "būt mātes cerībās",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the little girl, like a little hill, sat next to (her) mother",
          "text": "mazā meitenīte kā mazs cinītis sēdēja mātei blakus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother (female parent)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female#English"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "deer, wolf, bear mother (= female)",
          "text": "briežu, vilku, lāču māte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "queen bee",
          "text": "bišu māte",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female individual of some animal species"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian endearing terms",
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "take a seat, mother!",
          "text": "piesēdies, māt!"
        },
        {
          "english": "forest mother (= a mythical being)",
          "text": "meža māte",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an older woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(endearing) an older woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "endearing",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[māːtɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:māte"
  ],
  "word": "māte"
}

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