μάμμη

See also: μαμμή

Ancient Greek

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

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

Byzantine Greek:
- Greek: μάμμη (mámmi, “grandmother”)
- Romani: mami (“grandmother”)

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

μάμμη • (mámmi) f (plural μάμμες)

declension of μάμμη

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