matat

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See also: matât, mâtât, and mätät

Catalan

Pronunciation

Participle

matat (feminine matada, masculine plural matats, feminine plural matades)

  1. past participle of matar

Finnish

Adjective

matat

  1. nominative plural of matta

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete onomatopoeic verb mat +‎ -at (frequentative-causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

matat

  1. (intransitive, informal) to fumble, rummage, feel around
    Synonyms: keresgél, motoz, turkál, kutat, vájkál, kotorászik, kotor, (the latter two are transitive) túr
  2. (intransitive, informal) to potter around, be busy doing this and that (with slow movements)
    Synonym: tesz-vesz

Conjugation

conjugation of matat
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. matatok matatsz matat matatunk matattok matatnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. matattam matattál matatott matattunk matattatok matattak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. matatni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. mataték matatál matata matatánk matatátok matatának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. matat vala, matatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. matatandok matatandasz matatand matatandunk matatandotok matatandanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. matatnék matatnál matatna matatnánk matatnátok matatnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. matatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. matassak matass or
matassál 		matasson matassunk matassatok matassanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. matatott légyen
Infinitive matatni matatnom matatnod matatnia matatnunk matatnotok matatniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
matatás matató matatott ― matatva (matatván)
potential conjugation of matat
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. matathatok matathatsz matathat matathatunk matathattok matathatnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. matathattam matathattál matathatott matathattunk matathattatok matathattak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. matathaték matathatál matathata matathatánk matathatátok matathatának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. matathat vala, matathatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. matathatandok
or matatandhatok 		matathatandasz
or matatandhatsz 		matathatand
or matatandhat 		matathatandunk
or matatandhatunk 		matathatandotok
or matatandhattok 		matathatandanak
or matatandhatnak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. matathatnék matathatnál matathatna matathatnánk matathatnátok matathatnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. matathatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. matathassak matathass or
matathassál 		matathasson matathassunk matathassatok matathassanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. matathatott légyen
Inf. (matathatni) (matathatnom) (matathatnod) (matathatnia) (matathatnunk) (matathatnotok) (matathatniuk)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (matathatva / matathatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ matat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • matat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Swedish

Verb

matat

  1. supine of mata

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