Meaning of ма́йка | Babel Free

Definitions

1. mother (a female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered))
2. dam (female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals)
3. child, mummy (term of endearment used by a mother when addressing her child)
   colloquial
4. Mother (title of respect for an abbess, queen, etc.)
   honorific
5. mother-to-be, pregnant woman
6. mother (used to express love and devotion to one's homeland, nature, etc.)
   figuratively
7. mother-in-law (used as a term of address to one's mother-in-law)
8. queen (reproductive female insect in a colony, such as a bee or ant)
9. mother, source, origin (cause or origin of something)
   figuratively
10. mother plant
11. principal, capital (money that earns interest)
    obsolete
12. oh mother!, wow!, oh my God! (expresses pain, despair, or surprise)
    colloquial
13. uterus, womb
    dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

“ма́йка игу́менка”

Mother Superior / Mother Abbess

“ма́йка Бълга́рия”

Mother Bulgaria

“Повторе́нието е ма́йка на зна́нието.”

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