matti
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Clipping of šakkimatti.
Noun
[edit]matti
- checkmate (conclusive victory in chess)
- (colloquial, idiomatic) State of being absolutely sure.
- Tästä asiasta olen ihan matti.
- I'm absolutely sure about this thing.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of matti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | matti | matit | |
genitive | matin | mattien | |
partitive | mattia | matteja | |
illative | mattiin | matteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | matti | matit | |
accusative | nom. | matti | matit |
gen. | matin | ||
genitive | matin | mattien | |
partitive | mattia | matteja | |
inessive | matissa | mateissa | |
elative | matista | mateista | |
illative | mattiin | matteihin | |
adessive | matilla | mateilla | |
ablative | matilta | mateilta | |
allative | matille | mateille | |
essive | mattina | matteina | |
translative | matiksi | mateiksi | |
abessive | matitta | mateitta | |
instructive | — | matein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “2. matti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
[edit]From the given name Matti, a vernacular form of Matteus, as a translation of German Matthäi am Letzten (“over, done for”), a saying referring to the Gospel of Matthew.
Noun
[edit]matti
- (idiomatic) Only used in matti kukkarossa
Further reading
[edit]- “1. matti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]matti m
Adjective
[edit]matti m
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑtːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑtːi/2 syllables
- Finnish clippings
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish idioms
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish terms derived from German
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