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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

ма́ма

noun, female, animate
very often used word (#295)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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mom

Also: mama, mommy, mummy

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Моя́ ма́ма зна́ет, как гото́вить то́рты. My mother knows how to make cakes.
Мам, я хочу́, чтобы ты купи́ла мне грана́т! Mommy, I want you to buy me a garnet!
Мой па́па лю́бит мою ма́му. My father loves my mother.
Где ма́ма? Where's my mom?
Она мне не ма́ма, а ста́ршая сестра́. She is not my mother but my oldest sister.
Моя́ ма́ма заста́вила меня вы́пить лекарство. My mother made me take some medicine.
Ма́ма, где мой носово́й плато́к? Mummy, where's my hanky?
Ма́ма сши́ла мне бе́лое пла́тье. My mother made me a white dress.
Не могу́ пове́рить, что она ста́рше мое́й ма́мы. I can't believe that she is older than my mother.
Моя́ ма́ма у́мерла, когда я был ма́леньким. My mother died when I was a kid.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	ма́ма	ма́мы
gen. genitive	ма́мы	ма́м
dat. dative	ма́ме	ма́мам
acc. accusative	ма́му	ма́мы
inst. instrumental	ма́мой ма́мою	ма́мами
prep. prepositional	ма́ме	ма́мах