мат
MacedonianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
мат • (mat) (no comparative) (indeclinable)
RussianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from French mat, short for échec et mat, from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ (šāhu māta), ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is amazed”).
NounEdit
мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов, related adjective ма́товый)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from French mat, probably from Latin mattus.
NounEdit
мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
- ма́товый (mátovyj)
Etymology 3Edit
Borrowed from English mat or Dutch mat.
NounEdit
мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 4Edit
Abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).[1]
NounEdit
мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)
- (colloquial) foul language; language that includes obscene words deriving from a small set of roots for sex, sexual organs, and sexuality
- Synonym: матерщи́на (materščína)
- покрыва́ть ма́том ― pokryvátʹ mátom ― to heap scurrilous abuse on someone
- крича́ть благи́м ма́том ― kričátʹ blagím mátom ― to scream blue murder
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Н. М. Шанский; Т. А. Боброва (2004), “мат (3)”, in Школьный этимологический словарь русского языка. Происхождение слов (in Russian), Дрофа
YakutEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Russian мат (mat).
NounEdit
мат • (mat)
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Russian мат (mat).
NounEdit
мат • (mat)
- (for gymnastics, yoga, etc.) mat
- гимнастическай мат ― gimnastiçeskay mat ― a gymnastics mat
Etymology 3Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
VerbEdit
мат • (mat)