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mätt
Even a-stem, tˈt-tt gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | mätt | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | määtt | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | mätt | määtt | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | määtt | määttaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | määtt | määttai | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | mattu | määttaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | määttast | määttain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | määttain | määttaivuiʹm | ||||||||||||||||||||
Abessive | määttʼtää | määttaitää | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | mättan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Partitive | mättad | |||||||||||||||||||||
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From Old Norse mettr, related to matr (“food”). Compare Icelandic and Faroese mettur; distantly related to English meat.
mätt (comparative mättare, superlative mättast)
Inflection of mätt | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | mätt | mättare | mättast |
Neuter singular | mätt | mättare | mättast |
Plural | mätta | mättare | mättast |
Masculine plural3 | mätte | mättare | mättast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | mätte | mättare | mättaste |
All | mätta | mättare | mättaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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