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ANCIENT GREEK · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

μά.

mắ

by

2 charactersἙλληνική language

Meaning & usage

particlemắ/má//ˈma//ˈma//má/

  1. by

    μὰ τὸν Δία
    μὰ Δία

  2. but

    Thessalian
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *me (“by, close/close to, near/near to”, adverb). Beekes compares Sanskrit स्म (sma, emphatic particle) and Hittite [script needed] (-ma, “but”) and says it's unclear whether μά continues Proto-Indo-European *mn̥ or *mh₂. Alternatively, Dunkel derives from Proto-Indo-European *ma, with a variant *mṓ seen in Latin immō.

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