feminine
mother
Mātar (feminine) [Vedic mātā, stem mātar°, Avesta mātar°, Greek μήτηρ (Doric μάτηρ) Latin māter, Old-Irish māthir, Old High German muoter, Anglo-Saxon modor = mother; cf. further Greek μήτρα uterus, Latin mātrix the same, Sanskrit mātr̥kā mother, grandmother, German mieder corset. From Indo-Germanic °ma, onomatopoetic particle, cf. "mamma"] mother. Cases: nominative singular {528} mātā Snp 296; Dhp 43; Ja IV 463; V 83; VI 117; Nidd II §504 (definition as janikā); genitive mātu Thag 473; Vin I 17; Ja I 52; mātuyā Ja I 53; Mhv 10, 80; Pv-a 31; and mātāya Ja I 62; dative mātu Mhv 9, 19; accusative mātaraṃ Snp 60, 124; Dhp 294; instrumental mātarā Thig 212; locative mātari Dhp 284 — plural does not occur. In combination with pitā father, mātā always precedes the former, thus mātā-pitaro (plural) "mother and father" (see below). — mātito (ablative-adverb) from the mother's side (cf. pitito) D I 113; A III 151; Pv-a 29. — On mātā in simile see JPTS 1907, 122; cf. Vism 321 (simile of a mother's solicitude for her children). Similarly the popular etymology of mātā is given, with "mamāyatī ti mātā" at Vibh-a 107. — The 4 bases of m. in compounds are: mātā°, māti°, mātu°, and matti-. 1. mātā°: -pitaro mother and father D III 66, 188 f.; Snp 404; Miln 12. See also pitā; -pitika having mother and father Dhp-a II 2; -pitiṭṭhāna place of mother and father Dhp-a II 95; -pettika having mother and father of mother and father Nidd II §385 (nāma-gotta); -petti -bhāra supporting one's mother and father S I 228; Ja I 202; VI 498; -maha maternal grandfather Ja IV 146; Dhp-a I 346. 2. māti°: -devatā protector or guardian of one's mother Ja III 422 (gloss: mātu-devatā viya); -pakkha the mother's side Dhp-a I 4 (+ pitipakkha); -posaka supporting one's m. Ja III 422 (v.l. mātu°). 3. mātu°: -upaṭṭhāna (spelt mātupaṭṭh°) reverence towards one's m. Dhp-a IV 14; -kucchi m.'s womb D II 12; Vism 560 (°gata); Vibh-a 96; Dhp-a I 127; -gāma "genex feminarum," womanfolk, women (collectively cf. Ger, frauen-zimmer) A II 126; Vin IV 175; M I 448, 462; III 126; S IV 239 f.; Ja I 201; III 90, 530. (plural °gāmā page 531); Pp 68; Pj II 355; Pv-a 271; Vv-a 77; -ghāta and (usually) °ka a matricide (+ pitu-ghātaka; see abhiṭhāna) Vin I 168, 320; Miln 310; Tikap 167 f.; Vibh-a 425; -ghātikamma matricide Tikap 281; -bhūta having been his mother Pv-a 78; -mattin (see matta 1 4) whatever is a mother S IV 110 (°īsu mātucittaṃ upaṭṭhapeti foster the thought of mother towards whatever is a mother, where in sequence with bhaginī-mattin and dhītumattin); -hadaya a mother's heart Pv-a 63. 4. matti°: see matti-sambhava.
(fem, fem) mother mother