maten
See also: måten
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maten
- inflection of meten:
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maten
- inflection of matar:
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From French matin (“morning”).
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From Middle French mater (“to checkmate”); equivalent to mat (“checkmate”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
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maten
- To checkmate (capture the king in chess)
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Conjugation of maten (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) maten, mate | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | mate | mated | |
2nd-person singular | matest | matedest | |
3rd-person singular | mateth | mated | |
subjunctive singular | mate | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | maten, mate | mateden, matede | |
imperative plural | mateth, mate | — | |
participles | matynge, matende | mated, mat, ymated, ymat |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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- English: mate
References edit
- “māten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French mater (“to kill”), from Vulgar Latin *mattō, of disputed origin. Equivalent to mat (“tired”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
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maten
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Conjugation of maten (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) maten, mate | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | mate | mated | |
2nd-person singular | matest | matedest | |
3rd-person singular | mateth | mated | |
subjunctive singular | mate | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | maten, mate | mateden, matede | |
imperative plural | mateth, mate | — | |
participles | matynge, matende | mated, mat, ymated, ymat |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: mate
References edit
- “māten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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maten m
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maten
- inflection of matar:
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