matus

See also: Matus, matuś, and Matúš

Estonian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtus/, [ˈmɑtˑus]
• Rhymes: -ɑtus
• Hyphenation: ma‧tus

Noun

matus (genitive matuse, partitive matust)

1. funeral

Declension

Declension of matus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		matus	matused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	matuse
genitive			matuste
partitive		matust	matuseid
illative		matusesse	matustesse matuseisse
inessive		matuses	matustes matuseis
elative		matusest	matustest matuseist
allative		matusele	matustele matuseile
adessive		matusel	matustel matuseil
ablative		matuselt	matustelt matuseilt
translative		matuseks	matusteks matuseiks
terminative		matuseni	matusteni
essive		matusena	matustena
abessive		matuseta	matusteta
comitative		matusega	matustega

Further reading

• “matus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “matus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• matus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Latin

Etymology

Another writing of Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), itself either from a contraction of a form *madĭtus (as a past participle of madeō), or madidus (“drunk, tipsy”). Cognate to French mat (“matte, pale”).

Adjective

mātus (feminine māta, neuter mātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative form of mattus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mātus	māta	mātum		mātī	mātae	māta
genitive	mātī	mātae	mātī		mātōrum	mātārum	mātōrum
dative	mātō	mātae	mātō		mātīs
accusative	mātum	mātam	mātum		mātōs	mātās	māta
ablative	mātō	mātā	mātō		mātīs
vocative	māte	māta	mātum		mātī	mātae	māta

Latvian

Noun

matus m

1. accusative plural of mats (“hair”)

Lithuanian

Noun

matùs

1. accusative plural of mãtas (“measure”)