máta

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Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

máta f (related adjective mátový)

  1. mint (any of several plants of the genus Mentha, typically aromatic with square stems)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • máta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • máta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • máta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From mát (‘measure’).

Verb[edit]

máta (third person singular past indicative mátaði, supine mátað)

  1. to measure
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of máta (group v-30)
infinitive máta
supine mátað
participle (a6)1 mátandi mátaður
present past
first singular máti mátaði
second singular mátar mátaði
third singular mátar mátaði
plural máta mátaðu
imperative
singular máta!
plural mátið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2[edit]

From mát (‘checkmate’).

Verb[edit]

máta (third person singular past indicative mátaði, supine mátað)

  1. (chess) to checkmate
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of máta (group v-30)
infinitive máta
supine mátað
participle (a6)1 mátandi mátaður
present past
first singular máti mátaði
second singular mátar mátaði
third singular mátar mátaði
plural máta mátaðu
imperative
singular máta!
plural mátið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

máta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mátaði, supine mátað)

  1. to try on, see whether (something) fits
    Mátaðu þessa skyrtu.
    Try this shirt on.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From mát (checkmate).

Verb[edit]

máta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mátaði, supine mátað)

  1. to checkmate
Conjugation[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

máta m (genitive singular máta, nominative plural mátaí)

  1. (nautical) mate

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
máta mháta not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.