мома

See also: MoMA, mo̱ma, and moma

Bulgarian

Etymology

According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, of babbling origin similar to ма́ма (máma, “mom”), на́на (nána, “aunty, female relative”). No exact cognates outside of Balkan Slavic (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian), thus, possibly a neologism. Formally, may result from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, to ripen”) (whence perhaps Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”)).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈma]
• Rhymes: -ma

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Noun

мома́ • (momá) f (masculine мо́мък, diminutive моме́)

1. female equivalent of мо́мък (mómǎk): young woman or girl, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, damsel
2. female equivalent of мо́мък (mómǎk): unmarried woman
3. virgin

   Synonyms: девица (devica), девственица (devstvenica)

Declension

Declension of мома́

	singular	plural
indefinite	мома́ momá	моми́ momí
definite	мома́та momáta	моми́те momíte
vocative form	мо́ме, мо́мне1 móme, mómne1	моми́ momí

¹Dialectal.

Derived terms

verbs

• (stative) моме́я се (moméja se)
• (factitive) мому́вам (momúvam)

nouns

• (agent noun) мома́р (momár, “match-maker”)
• (abstract noun) моми́нство (momínstvo)
• (diminutive) мо́мица (mómica)
• (diminutive) моми́че (momíče)
• (diminutive) момле́ (momlé)
• (abstract noun) мо́мство (mómstvo, “adolescence”)
• (augmentative) момя́га (momjága)

adjectives

• мо́мин (mómin)
• мо́мски (mómski)

Related terms

• мо́мък (mómǎk, “lad, mate”)
  • момче́ (momčé, “boy”)
  • мо́мкиня (mómkinja, “servant, female mate”)

References

• “мома”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мома”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “мома́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 79
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мома”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 224

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔma]
• Hyphenation: мо‧ма

Noun

мо́ма • (móma) f (plural мо́ми, relational adjective мо́мин or мо́мински, diminutive мо́ме or мо́менце or мо́миче or мо́мичка)

1. (folk poetic, regional) young woman, lass, maiden, damsel
2. (folk poetic, regional) unmarried woman
3. a thin slice of bread

Declension

Declension of мома

	singular	plural
indefinite	мома (moma)	моми (momi)
definite unspecified	момата (momata)	момите (momite)
definite proximal	момава (momava)	момиве (momive)
definite distal	момана (momana)	момине (momine)
vocative	момо (momo)	моми (momi)

References

• “мома” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu