mát

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Czech

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Noun

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mát f

  1. genitive plural of máta

Faroese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse mát (‘measure’).

Noun

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mát n (genitive singular máts, plural mát)

  1. measure
  2. measuring tool / device / instrument
  3. unit of measurement
Declension
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Declension of mát
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mát mátið mát mátini
accusative mát mátið mát mátini
dative máti mátinum mátum mátunum
genitive máts mátsins máta mátanna
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse mát (‘checkmate’).

Noun

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mát n (genitive singular máts, uncountable)

  1. (chess) checkmate
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Declension of mát (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative mát mátið
accusative mát mátið
dative máti mátinum
genitive máts mátsins
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Etymology 3

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? From English mate.

Noun

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mát n (no declension)

  1. (in expressions) mate, friend

Hungarian

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Etymology

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ma +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːt]
  • Hyphenation: mát

Noun

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mát

  1. accusative singular of ma

Icelandic

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Noun

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mát n (genitive singular máts, nominative plural mát)

  1. (chess) checkmate

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    Declension of mát
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mát mátið mát mátin
accusative mát mátið mát mátin
dative máti mátinu mátum mátunum
genitive máts mátsins máta mátanna

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Pacoh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Katuic *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat.

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Noun

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mát 

  1. (anatomy) eye

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *t-maːc.

The sense "cray-cray" is possibly also a phono-semantic matching with English mad, although the word is unlikely to be actually derived from English as it has the synonym ấm (warm).

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Adjective

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mát (, 𠖾, 𩗂, 𫖼)

  1. (of weather or temperature) cool
    Antonyms: ấm, nóng
  2. (of food or drink) pleasant, soothing, agreeable, goes down easily
    Synonym: mát ruột
    Antonyms: nóng, nóng ruột
  3. smoothly ironic
  4. a little short of the weight shown on the scale
  5. (slang) cray-cray
    Synonym: ấm

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