máta

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

máta f

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

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading


Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From mát (‘measure’)

Verb

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

  1. to measure
Conjugation
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

From mát (‘checkmate’)

Verb

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

  1. (chess) to checkmate
Conjugation
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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

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.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From mát (checkmate).

Verb

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

  1. to checkmate
Conjugation

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

máta m (genitive singular máta, nominative plural mátaí)

  1. (nautical) mate

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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.