mätt

See also: matt, Matt, mAtt, mått, and Matt.

Skolt Sami

Etymology

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Noun

mätt

1. education

Inflection

Even a-stem, tˈt-tt gradation
Nominative	mätt
Genitive	määtt
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mätt	määtt
Accusative	määtt	määttaid
Genitive	määtt	määttai
Illative	mattu	määttaid
Locative	määttast	määttain
Comitative	määttain	määttaivuiʹm
Abessive	määttʼtää	määttaitää
Essive	mättan
Partitive	mättad
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Related terms

• mättʼted

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gotland)

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse mettr, related to matr (“food”). Compare Icelandic and Faroese mettur; distantly related to English meat.

Adjective

mätt (comparative mättare, superlative mättast)

1. full, satisfied, satiated (from eating)

Declension

Inflection of mätt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	mätt	mättare	mättast
Neuter singular	mätt	mättare	mättast
Plural	mätta	mättare	mättast
Masculine plural3	mätte	mättare	mättast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	mätte	mättare	mättaste
All	mätta	mättare	mättaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• mätta
• proppmätt

Etymology 2

Participle

mätt

1. past participle of mäta

Verb

mätt

1. supine of mäta

Further reading

• mätt in Svensk ordbok.