Mother of God

English Theotokos,Catholic Mariology#+ thumb|right|Madonna di Macerata by Carlo Crivelli (c.1470) Etymology en la Mater Dei and its descendants in other languages, from the Christian concept of the Trinity whereby Jesus as God the Son is identical to God the Father as the single divinity. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mother of God.wav Southern England Proper noun (the) Mother of God en Q345 en Christianity A dogmatic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role as mother of God (God the Son). en Christotokos Deipara Holy Mother Holy Mother of God Mater Dei Theotokos en God the Father Derived terms en Holy Mother Holy Mother of God Translations Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer Mary Theotokos Our Lady Queen of Heaven Virgin Mary Arabic: ar والدة الإله f Wālidatu l-ʔIlāhi, ar ام الاله f ʔUmmu l-ʔIlāhi, ar أُمُّ اللهِ, ar والِدةُ اللهِ Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܝܳܠܕܰܬ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ Yoldath Aloho Belarusian: be Багаро́дзіца f, be Ма́ці Бо́жая f, be Бо́жая Ма́ці f, be Багама́ці f Bulgarian: bg Богоро́дица f Catalan: ca Mare de Déu Czech: cs Matka Boží f, cs Bohorodička f Esperanto: eo Dipatrino Estonian: et jumalaema Finnish: fi Jumalansynnyttäjä s, fi jumalanäiti French: fr Mère de Dieu f Georgian: ka ღვთისმშობელი German: de Gottesmutter f, de Muttergottes f, de Mutter Gottes f Greek: el Θεοτόκος, el θεογεννήτρια f, el θεογεννήτρα f Ancient Greek: grc θεογεννήτωρ f Medieval Hungarian: hu Istenanya Mother of God, hu Isten Anyja Mother of God Irish: ga Máthair Dé Italian: it Madre di Dio f Latin: la Mater Dei f Macedonian: mk Богородица f, mk Мајка Божја f Old Church Slavonic: cu Богородица f Old Tupi: tpw Tupã sy Polish: pl Bogurodzica f, pl Bogarodzica f, pl Matka Boża f, pl Matka Boska f, pl Bogarodzicielka f, pl Boża Rodzicielka f Portuguese: pt Mãe de Deus f Romanian: ro Maica Domnului f Russian: ru Богоро́дица f, ru Богома́терь f, ru Ма́терь Бо́жия f, ru Ма́терь Бо́жья f Scottish Gaelic: gd Màthair Dhè Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бого̀родица f Latin: sh Bogòrodica f Slovak: sk Bohorodička f, sk Božia Matka f, sk Matka Božia f Slovene: sl Bogorodica f, sl Bogorodnica f Spanish: es Madre de Dios f Swedish: sv Guds moder c Tagalog: tl Mahal na Ina Beloved Mother Turkish: tr Tanrı'yı Doğuran, tr Tanrı'nın Anası Ukrainian: uk Богоро́диця f, uk Богома́ти f, uk Богома́тір f, uk Ма́тір Бо́жа f Interjection Mother of God en Christianity Said in supplication to Mary. en Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of death. Amen. en blasphemous chiefly _ Irish An expression of surprise. en Jesus, Mary and Joseph#Interjection wow Thesaurus:wow en And your husband's parents were in the earthquake zone? Mother of God! Did they survive? en 1990 Karen Lawrence (writer) Karen Lawrence Springs of Living Water New York, NY w:Villard Books 0394568087 47 https://archive.org/details/springsoflivingw00lawr/page/46/mode/2up?q=%22Mother+of+God%22 “What a place!” her mother had exclaimed, when they finally arrived after almost a week of driving. “Sensational! Smell that? Eucalyptus trees! Mother of God, I feel a hundred percent better already, I swear it. And a big nice pool for you—two of them, will you look at that. Now how could anybody stay sick in a place like this, I ask you?” en blasphemous chiefly _ Irish An expression of disgust, annoyance or disappointment. en dammit Thesaurus:dammit en Mother of God! I've had it up to here with your bullshit! en 1978 October w:Johanna Lindsey A Pirate's Love New York, NY w:Avon Books 0380400480 51 https://archive.org/details/pirateslove00lind/page/50/mode/2up?q=%22Mother+of+God%22 “Mother of God! You should have asked me before you released that old woman. Now I can expect the wrath of hell to fall on my head when I walk through that door!” Tristan exclaimed, nodding at his cabin. Usage notes Used as an expletive chiefly by Catholics, in particular those of Irish descent. Derived terms en Holy Mother Holy Mother of God Further reading en Biblical characters Catholicism