Mātar (f.) [Vedic mātā, stem mātar˚, Av. mātar -- , Gr. mh/thr (Doric ma/thr) Lat. māter, Oir. māthir, Ohg. muoter, Ags. modor=mother; Cp. further Gr.mh/tra uterus, Lat. mātrix id., Sk. mātṛkā mother, grandmother, Ger. mieder corset. From Idg. *ma, onomat. part., cp. "mamma"] mother. -- Cases: nom. sg.mātā Sn 296; Dh 43; J iv.463; v.83; vi.117; Nd2 504 (def. as janikā); gen. mātu Th 1, 473; Vin i.17; J i.52; mātuyā J i.53; Mhvs 10, 80; PvA 31; andmātāya J i.62; dat. mātu Mhvs 9, 19; acc. mātaraŋ Sn 60, 124; Dh 294; instr. mātarā Th 2, 212; loc. mātari Dh 284 -- pl. does not occur. In combn withpitā father, mātā always precedes the former, thus mātā -- pitaro (pl.) "mother & father" (see below). -- mātito (abl. -- adv.) from the mother's side (cp. pitito) D i.113; A iii.151; PvA 29. -- On mātā in simile see J.P.T.S. 1907, 122; cp. Vism 321 (simile of a mother's solicitude for her children). Similarly the pop. etym. of mātā is given, with "mamāyatī ti mātā" at VbhA 107. -- The 4 bases of m. in compn are: mātā˚, māti˚, mātu˚, & matti˚. -- 1. mātā˚: -- pitaromother & father D iii.66, 188 sq.; Sn 404; Miln 12. See also pitā. -- pitika having mother & father DhA ii.2. -- pitiṭṭhāna place of m. & f. DhA ii.95. -- pettika having m. & f., of m. & f. Nd2 385 (nāma -- gotta). -- petti -- bhāra supporting one's m. & f. S i.228; J i.202; vi.498. -- maha maternal grandfather Jiv.146; DhA i.346. -- 2. māti˚: -- devatā protector or guardian of one's mother J iii.422 (gloss: mātu -- devatā viya). -- pakkha the mother's side DhA i.4 (+pitipakkha). -- posaka supporting one's m. J iii.422 (v. l. mātu˚). -- 3. mātu˚: -- upaṭṭhāna (spelt mātupaṭṭh˚) reverence towards one's m. DhA iv.14. -- kucchi m's womb D ii.12; Vism 560 (˚gata); VbhA 96; DhA i.127. -- gāma "genex feminarum," womanfolk, women (collectively cp. Ger, frauen -- zimmer) A ii.126; Vin iv.175; M i.448, 462; iii.126; S iv.239 sq.; J i.201; iii.90, 530. (pl. ˚gāmā p. 531); Pug 68; SnA 355; PvA 271; VvA 77. -- ghāta & (usually)˚ka a matricide (+pitu -- ghātaka; see abhiṭhāna) Vin i.168, 320; Miln 310; Tikp 167 sq.; VbhA 425. -- ghātikamma matricide Tikp. 281. -- bhūta having been his mother PvA 78. -- mattin (see matta1 4) whatever is a mother S iv.110 (˚īsu mātucittaŋ upaṭṭhapeti foster the thought of mother towards whatever is a mother, where in sequence with bhaginī -- mattin & dhītumattin). -- hadaya a mother's heart PvA 63. -- 4. matti˚: see matti -- sambhava.