maat

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English

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans maat (“mate, buddy”). Doublet of mate.

Noun

maat (plural maats)

  1. (South Africa, slang) mate; buddy
    • 2007, William Higham, The Hammarskjold Killing, page 226:
      A lot of my maats went west.

Etymology 2

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From Egyptian mꜣꜥt (“truth, righteousness, justice”).

Noun

maat (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy, historical) the ancient Egyptian concept of justice, order, and harmony.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch maat.

Pronunciation

Noun

maat (plural maats or maters, diminutive maatjie)

  1. mate, buddy

Descendants

  • → English: maat

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maːt/
  • Hyphenation: maat
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Etymology 1

From older mate, which still exists in parallel with this form. From Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *māta, from Proto-Germanic *mētō.

Noun

maat f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)

  1. measure, size
  2. rhythm, beat
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Etymology 2

From a borrowing of Middle Low German māt, māte, from Old Saxon *gimato, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) + *matjô, from *matiz (“food”).

Cognate with Old High German gimazzo, English mate.

Noun

maat m (plural maten or maats, diminutive maatje n)

  1. mate, buddy
  2. (close) colleague, shipmate etc.
  3. low sailor rank
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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Finnish

Noun

maat

  1. nominative plural of maa

Anagrams

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)zaqat, compare Malay jahat.

Adjective

maat

  1. bad

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

maat

  1. Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)

Adjective

maat

  1. Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

maat

  1. Alternative form of mat (“tired”)

Etymology 3

Verb

maat

  1. Alternative form of maten (“to checkmate”)

Tabasco Nahuatl

Pronunciation

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Noun

maat

  1. water

Volapük

Noun

maat (nominative plural maats)

  1. (nautical) mast

Declension

declension of maat
singular plural
nominative maat maats
genitive maata maatas
dative maate maates
accusative maati maatis
vocative 1 o maat! o maats!
predicative 2 maatu maatus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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