матрас

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ماتراس
Cyrillic матрас
Latin matras
Матрас

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian матра́с (matrás), from Dutch matras, from Old French materas, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, place where something is thrown), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, to throw).

Noun

матрас (matras)

  1. mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

Declension

Kumyk

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, place where something is thrown).

Noun

матрас (matras)

  1. mattress

Declension

Further reading

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “матрас”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Russian

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Etymology

From German Matratze, Middle High German materaz, from Old French materas, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ).

The second sense was from Soviet times, when people thought that the American flag looked like a mattress.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

матра́с (matrásm inan (genitive матра́са, nominative plural матра́сы, genitive plural матра́сов, diminutive матра́сик)

  1. mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
    Synonym: матра́ц m (matrác)
  2. (slang) the Stars and Stripes (the flag of the United States of America)

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: матрас (matras)