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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *maːc.
Noun
(classifier con) mạt • (末)
- certain species of mites and lice
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Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 末.
Probably merged with the native word mạt derived form the earlier form mlạt (“tasteless, insipid”), whence also modern lạt, nhạt, attested in the compound hèn mlạt (> hèn mạt) in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). For the sound change, compare mác (from earlier mlác).
Adjective
mạt
- extremely poor; be in deep poverty
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