Noun: amma
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Genitive
| Singular | ammae |
| Plural | ammārum |
Dative
| Singular | ammae |
| Plural | ammīs |
Accusative
| Singular | ammam |
| Plural | ammās |
Sample Sentences
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Haec avis [viz. strix] vulgo amma dicitur, ab amando parvulos; unde et lac praebere fertur nascentibus. (This bird is commonly called amma [mum (?)], because it loves its young, and it is also said to offer milk to its hatchlings.) [c. 600, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, XII.vii.42:]
Nouns inflected like amma
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”). Compare Latin amita (“paternal aunt”), Latin anus (“crone”) and Old High German amma (“wet nurse”).
2. It may also represent an infantile modification of mamma. See: Latin Nouns '
amita', Latin Nouns '
anus'.
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