мат

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мат • (mat) (indeclinable, not comparable)

1. matte

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• Rhymes: -at

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мат (шахматы)

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Borrowed from French mat, short for échec et mat, from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ (šāhu māta), ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is amazed”).

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов, relational adjective ма́товый)

1. (chess) checkmate, mate (Russian notation: ×)

Borrowed from French mat, probably from Latin mattus.

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)

1. (singular only) mat, matte finish, frost (glass)

• ма́товый (mátovyj)

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мат (покрытие)

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Borrowed from English mat or Dutch mat.

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов)

1. mat, floor mat (woven floor covering, or soft floor pad in athletics)

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Русский мат

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Abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).^[1]

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)

1. (colloquial) foul language; language that includes obscene words deriving from a small set of roots for sex, sexual organs, and sexuality

   Synonyms: матерщи́на (materščína), матю́к (matjúk)

   покрыва́ть ма́том ― pokryvátʹ mátom ― to heap scurrilous abuse on someone

   крича́ть благи́м ма́том ― kričátʹ blagím mátom ― to scream blue murder

• там (tam)

From Proto-Samoyedic *məntä, from Proto-Uralic *minä.

Cognates include Finnish minä, Tundra Nenets мань (manʹ°).

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мат (mat)

1. I

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• G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 68 of 150

Borrowed from Russian мат (mat).

мат • (mat)

1. (chess) checkmate, mate

   мат биэр ― mat bier ― to declare checkmate

Borrowed from Russian мат (mat).

мат • (mat)

1. (for gymnastics, yoga, etc.) mat

   гимнастическай мат ― gimnasticeskay mat ― a gymnastics mat

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мат • (mat)

1. (intransitive) (with abl.) to be deprived of, to lose

   астан мат ― astan mat ― to be deprived of food

   хараххыттан мат ― qaraqqıttan mat ― to lose one's sight

   тылгыттан мат ― tılgıttan mat ― to be speechless