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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan mateix~meteix, from Early Medieval Latin metipse, from Latin -met + ipse. Compare Occitan meteis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mateix (feminine mateixa, masculine plural mateixos, feminine plural mateixes)
- serves as an intensifier in the same manner that in English would be performed by the appropriate reflexive pronoun (myself, himself, themselves, etc.)
Vostè mateix és responsable d'aquest desastre.- You yourself are responsible for this disaster.
El Sant Grial només pot ser tocat pels sants mateixos.- The Holy Grail may only be touched by the saints themselves.
2019 February 13, Jan Fleischer, Time Out Barcelona, page 7, column Fight!:La meva bitmoji s'assembla més a mi que jo mateixa.- My bitmoji looks more like me than I do.
Usage notes
- As an adjective, mateix is placed after the noun it modifies.
Determiner
mateix m (feminine mateixa, masculine plural mateixos, feminine plural mateixes)
- same (identical)
Vam néixer el mateix dia.- We were born on the same day.
- same (similar)
- (between a possessive pronoun and a noun) own
El seu mateix pare no va creure el seu relat.- Her own father did not believe her tale.
Usage notes
- As a determiner, mateix is placed before the noun it modifies.
Derived terms
References
- “mateix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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