Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mat͡ɕɛ(ː)r̝/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /mat͡ɕɛr̝/, /mat͡ɕer̝/

Noun

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macierz f

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) mother (female parent)
    Synonyms: macica, maciora
    • 1959 [1393], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 173, Poznań:
      Jako Gertruda ne vszøla poszagu v szwego *ocza ani v ge maczersze
      [Jako Gertruda nie wzięła posagu u swego o[ć]ca ani u je macierze]
  2. (attested in Masovia) mother (source or origin of something)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Polish: macierz
  • Silesian: macierz

References

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish macierz (mother). Doublet of maciora and mutra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡ɕɛʂ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡ɕɛʂ
  • Syllabification: ma‧cierz

Noun

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macierz f

  1. matrix (notion in mathematics)
  2. matrix (part of the mitochondrion)
  3. (dated or literary) motherland (country of origin)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives

Further reading

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  • macierz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • macierz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish macierz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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macierz f

  1. (Cieszyn Silesia) mother
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:muter
    Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:fater

Further reading

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  • Jadwiga Wronicz, editor (2010), Słownik gwarowy Śląska Cieszyńskiego (in Silesian), Ustroń: Galeria „Na Gojach”, →ISBN