mát
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mát f
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse mát (‘measure’).
Noun edit
mát n (genitive singular máts, plural mát)
- measure
- measuring tool / device / instrument
- unit of measurement
Declension edit
Declension of mát | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mát | mátið | mát | mátini |
accusative | mát | mátið | mát | mátini |
dative | máti | mátinum | mátum | mátunum |
genitive | máts | mátsins | máta | mátanna |
Derived terms edit
- máta (to measure)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse mát (‘checkmate’).
Noun edit
mát n (genitive singular máts, uncountable)
Declension edit
Declension of mát (singular only) | ||
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n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mát | mátið |
accusative | mát | mátið |
dative | máti | mátinum |
genitive | máts | mátsins |
Derived terms edit
- máta (to checkmate)
Etymology 3 edit
? From English mate.
Noun edit
mát n (no declension)
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mát
- accusative singular of ma
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mát n (genitive singular máts, nominative plural mát)
Declension edit
declension of mát
Derived terms edit
Pacoh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Katuic *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mát
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *t-maːc.
The sense "cray-cray" is possibly also a phono-semantic matching with English mad, although the word is unlikely to be actually derived from English as it has the synonym ấm (“warm”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːt̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maːk̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maːk̚˦˥]
- Homophone: mác (southern Vietnam)
Adjective edit
- (of weather or temperature) cool
- (of food or drink) pleasant, soothing, agreeable, goes down easily
- smoothly ironic
- a little short of the weight shown on the scale
- (slang) cray-cray
- Synonym: ấm
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
References edit
- "mát" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)