matat

See also: matât, mâtât, and mätät

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈtat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈtat]
• Rhymes: -at

Participle

matat (feminine matada, masculine plural matats, feminine plural matades)

1. past participle of matar

Finnish

Adjective

matat

1. nominative plural of matta

Anagrams

• matta

Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete onomatopoeic verb mat +‎ -at (frequentative-causative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒtɒt]
• Hyphenation: ma‧tat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

matat

1. (intransitive, informal) to fumble, rummage, feel around

   Synonyms: keresgél, motoz, turkál, kutat, vájkál, kotorászik, kotor, (the latter two are transitive) túr

2. (intransitive, informal) to potter around, be busy doing this and that (with slow movements)

   Synonym: tesz-vesz

Conjugation

conjugation of matat

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	matatok	matatsz	matat	matatunk	matattok	matatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	matattam	matattál	matatott	matattunk	matattatok	matattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. matatni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	mataték	matatál	matata	matatánk	matatátok	matatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. matat vala, matatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	matatandok	matatandasz	matatand	matatandunk	matatandotok	matatandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	matatnék	matatnál	matatna	matatnánk	matatnátok	matatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. matatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	matassak	matass or matassál	matasson	matassunk	matassatok	matassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. matatott légyen
Infinitive	matatni		matatnom	matatnod	matatnia	matatnunk	matatnotok	matatniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	matatás		matató	matatott	―	matatva (matatván)

potential conjugation of matat

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	matathatok	matathatsz	matathat	matathatunk	matathattok	matathatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	matathattam	matathattál	matathatott	matathattunk	matathattatok	matathattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	matathaték	matathatál	matathata	matathatánk	matathatátok	matathatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. matathat vala, matathatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	matathatandok or matatandhatok	matathatandasz or matatandhatsz	matathatand or matatandhat	matathatandunk or matatandhatunk	matathatandotok or matatandhattok	matathatandanak or matatandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	matathatnék	matathatnál	matathatna	matathatnánk	matathatnátok	matathatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. matathatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	matathassak	matathass or matathassál	matathasson	matathassunk	matathassatok	matathassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. matathatott légyen
Inf.	(matathatni)		(matathatnom)	(matathatnod)	(matathatnia)	(matathatnunk)	(matathatnotok)	(matathatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(matathatva / matathatván)

Derived terms

• matatás

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• elmatat
• kimatat

Further reading

• matat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Swedish

Verb

matat

1. supine of mata

Anagrams

• matta