Matus

See also: matus, matuś, Matuš, and Matúš

Czech

Etymology

From given name Matůš (“Matouš”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatus]

Proper noun

Matus m anim (female equivalent Matusová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Matus (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Matus	Matusové
genitive	Matuse	Matusů
dative	Matusovi	Matusům
accusative	Matuse	Matuse
vocative	Matusi	Matusové
locative	Matusovi	Matusích
instrumental	Matusem	Matusi

Further reading

• “Matus”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Mat- stem of Máté +‎ -us (diminutive suffix), from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū), meaning “gift of the Lord”. Another possibility is from Slovak Matúš but the geographical occurrences do not support this assumption.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒtuʃ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧tus
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Proper noun

Matus

1. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Matus	Matusok
accusative	Matust	Matusokat
dative	Matusnak	Matusoknak
instrumental	Matussal	Matusokkal
causal-final	Matusért	Matusokért
translative	Matussá	Matusokká
terminative	Matusig	Matusokig
essive-formal	Matusként	Matusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Matusban	Matusokban
superessive	Matuson	Matusokon
adessive	Matusnál	Matusoknál
illative	Matusba	Matusokba
sublative	Matusra	Matusokra
allative	Matushoz	Matusokhoz
elative	Matusból	Matusokból
delative	Matusról	Matusokról
ablative	Matustól	Matusoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Matusé	Matusoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Matuséi	Matusokéi

Possessive forms of Matus

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Matusom	Matusaim
2nd person sing.	Matusod	Matusaid
3rd person sing.	Matusa	Matusai
1st person plural	Matusunk	Matusaink
2nd person plural	Matusotok	Matusaitok
3rd person plural	Matusuk	Matusaik

Slovak

Etymology

From given name Matúš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatus]

Proper noun

Matus m pers (female equivalent Matusová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Matus (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Matus	Matovia	Matovci
genitive	Mata	Matov	Matovcov
dative	Matovi	Matom	Matovcom
accusative	Mata	Matov	Matovcov
locative	Matovi	Matoch	Matovcoch
instrumental	Matom	Matmi	Matovcami

Further reading

• “Matus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

This surname present in the Mexico comes most likely from the Yaqui language. In Spain, probable origin is in the Arabic surname مَعْتُوك (maʕtūk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatus/ [ˈma.t̪us]
• Rhymes: -atus
• Syllabification: Ma‧tus

Proper noun

Matus m or f by sense

1. a surname