noun
Honorific term for one's own or someone else's mother, similar to お母さま. Used in respectful or formal contexts.
See also: お母さま
母様はお元気ですか。
How is your mother doing?
母様にこの手紙を渡してください。
Please give this letter to your mother.
More common honorific form with the polite prefix お. 母様 is less frequent but carries the same respectful tone.
Humble term used when referring to one's own mother in formal or polite speech. 母様 is honorific and used for others' mothers or in respectful address.
Compound of 母 (かあ, mother) and the honorific suffix 様 (さま). The reading かあ is a variant of かか, an old affectionate term for mother.