mát f
From Old Norse mát (‘measure’).
mát n (genitive singular máts, plural mát)
Declension of mát | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mát | mátið | mát | mátini |
accusative | mát | mátið | mát | mátini |
dative | máti | mátinum | mátum | mátunum |
genitive | máts | mátsins | máta | mátanna |
From Old Norse mát (‘checkmate’).
mát n (genitive singular máts, uncountable)
Declension of mát (singular only) | ||
---|---|---|
n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mát | mátið |
accusative | mát | mátið |
dative | máti | mátinum |
genitive | máts | mátsins |
? From English mate.
mát n (no declension)
mát
mát n (genitive singular máts, nominative plural mát)
Declension of mát | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mát | mátið | mát | mátin |
accusative | mát | mátið | mát | mátin |
dative | máti | mátinu | mátum | mátunum |
genitive | máts | mátsins | máta | mátanna |
From Proto-Katuic *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat.
mát
From Proto-Vietic *t-maːc.
The sense "cray-cray" is possibly also a phono-semantic matching with English mad, although the word is unlikely to be actually derived from English as it has the synonym ấm (“warm”).