Matus

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See also: matus, matuś, Matuš, and Matúš

Czech

Etymology

From given name Matůš (Matouš).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Matus m anim (female equivalent Matusová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Matus”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Mat- stem of Máté +‎ -us (diminutive suffix), from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū), meaning “gift of the Lord”. Another possibility is from Slovak Matúš but the geographical occurrences do not support this assumption.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Matus

  1. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Matus Matusok
accusative Matust Matusokat
dative Matusnak Matusoknak
instrumental Matussal Matusokkal
causal-final Matusért Matusokért
translative Matussá Matusokká
terminative Matusig Matusokig
essive-formal Matusként Matusokként
essive-modal
inessive Matusban Matusokban
superessive Matuson Matusokon
adessive Matusnál Matusoknál
illative Matusba Matusokba
sublative Matusra Matusokra
allative Matushoz Matusokhoz
elative Matusból Matusokból
delative Matusról Matusokról
ablative Matustól Matusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Matusé Matusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Matuséi Matusokéi
Possessive forms of Matus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Matusom Matusaim
2nd person sing. Matusod Matusaid
3rd person sing. Matusa Matusai
1st person plural Matusunk Matusaink
2nd person plural Matusotok Matusaitok
3rd person plural Matusuk Matusaik

References

  1. ^ Hajdú, Mihály. Családnevek enciklopédiája (’Encyclopedia of Family Names’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2010. →ISBN

Slovak

Etymology

From given name Matúš.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Matus m pers (genitive singular Matusa, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Matus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

This surname present in the Mexico comes most likely from the Yaqui language. In Spain, probable origin is in the Arabic surname مَعْتُوك (maʕtūk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmatus/
  • Rhymes: -atus
  • Syllabification: Ma‧tus

Proper noun

Matus m or f by sense

  1. a surname