մատն

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Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Arabic مَتْن (matn, ridge), whence also Ottoman Turkish متن (metn, a high and rocky ridge), Persian متن (matn, a hard piece of ground).

Noun

մատն (matn), nominative plural մատներ (matner)

  1. a high and hard piece of ground

Usage notes

Some dictionaries incorrectly lemmatize the plural մատներ (matner) as a separate and unrelated word.

Descendants

  • Armenian: մատ (mat)

References

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “մատն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մատն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 271ab
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մատներ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 271b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մատներ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume III, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 215b
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 452, identifies with մատն (matn, finger)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mh₁-d-, from *meh₁- (to measure), and cognate with the Celtic word for “thumb”; compare Breton meud, Welsh bawd (thumb).

Noun

մատն (matn)

  1. (anatomy) finger, toe
    բոյթ մատնboytʻ matnthumb
    ցուցական մատնcʻucʻakan matnforefinger
    միջին մատնmiǰin matnmiddle finger
    մատանւոյ մատնmatanwoy matnring-finger
    փոքր մատնpʻokʻr matnlittle finger
    յօդք մատանցyōdkʻ matancʻknuckles, finger joints
    մատն Աստուծոյmatn Astucoythe finger or hand of God
    ծայրակտուր մատամբքcayraktur matambkʻwith maimed fingers
    ուսոյց զմատունս իմ ի պատերազմusoycʻ zmatuns im i paterazmhe taught my hands to war
    ի ծայր մատանցi cayr matancʻat the finger's ends
    ծայր մատանց ոտիցcayr matancʻ oticʻtiptoe
    ճարճատել զմատունսčarčatel zmatunsto crack one's fingers
    մատնն առնելmatnn aṙnelto point at one; to denounce; (figuratively) to defame, to laugh at, to scorn
    վաստակել մատամբքvastakel matambkʻto live by one's labour
    ի մատունս գնալi matuns gnalto walk on one's toes, to walk tiptoe
    յոտն ի մատն յառնելyotn i matn yaṙnelto stand tiptoe
    մոռացկոտաց զմատն կապելmoṙacʻkotacʻ zmatn kapelto resolve not to forget, to make a memorandum
    մատամբ ցուցանելmatamb cʻucʻanelto point at with the finger, to indicate
    ծայրիւ միայն մատին ճաշակելcayriw miayn matin čašakelto taste, to taste slightly
    դնել մատունս ի վերայ բերանոյdnel matuns i veray beranoyto place a finger on the lips, to keep silence, to be benumbed
    մատն լինել իւրեանց արծաթոյնmatn linel iwreancʻ arcatʻoynto lavish, to waste, to squander
    արգելուլ, ըմբռնիլ մատին ի դռնամէջսargelul, əmbṙnil matin i dṙnamēǰsto jamb one's finger in a door
    մատունք նուագարանացmatunkʻ nuagaranacʻkeys, keyboard, stop
  2. (figuratively) finger's breadth, inch
  3. (figuratively) step of a ladder
    մատունք սանդղոցmatunkʻ sandłocʻsteps, stairs
  4. (figuratively, music) tune, air, strain
  5. (figuratively) branches of a grapevine
    մատունք որթոյmatunkʻ ortʻoyshoots, branches or tendrils of a vine
  6. (figuratively) betraying (from the image of the betrayer pointing his finger on the betrayed)
    մատն լինել, եղանիլmatn linel, ełanilto give or addict oneself to, to surrender, to give in
    մատն լինելmatn linelto betray; to be betrayed
    մատն լինել անձին/անձամբ անձինmatn linel anjin/anjamb anjinto betray oneself, or one's own cause, to do oneself an injury
    մատն առնել, մատն եւ տուր լինելmatn aṙnel, matn ew tur linelto betray
    մատն անձին իւրոյ գործելmatn anjin iwroy gorcelto kill oneself, to commit suicide, to make away with oneself

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մատն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մատն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մատն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 452