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mam
mom (informal, clipped form of "mamă" used to address one's mother) /ˈmam/
noun#1305 most common
Also: mommy, mum
Example sentences
Mam, unde ești?
Mom, where are you?
Mam, mi-e foame.
Mom, I'm hungry.
Vin acum, mam, așteaptă-mă!
I'm coming now, mom, wait for me!
Mam, pot să ies cu prietenii diseară?
Mom, can I go out with friends tonight?
Mam, știu că ești supărată pe mine, dar te rog ascultă-mă.
Mom, I know you're upset with me, but please listen to me.
Mam, dacă tot veneai pe-aici, puteai să-mi spui, ca să pregătesc ceva de mâncare.
Mom, since you were coming by anyway, you could have told me, so I could prepare something to eat.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mamă | mame |
| Genitive | mamei | mamelor |
| Accusative | mamă | mame |
| Vocative | mam / mamă / mamo | mamelor |
Word family
mamămothermămicămommy (affectionate diminutive)
mamaiegrandma (regional, child speech)
mămucămom (regional/dialectal)
Etymology
"Mam" is a clipped, informal form of the Romanian word "mamă" (mother), used mainly to call out to one's own mother. "Mamă" descends from Latin "mamma", a nursery word for mother or breast that infants produce naturally while babbling. Because syllables built from "ma" turn up independently in unrelated language families, linguists treat "mama" words as a case of convergent invention rather than a single root traceable through regular sound change. Romanian shortened "mamă" to "mam" much the way English speakers shortened "mother" to "mom".
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