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mätt

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See also: matt, Matt, mAtt, mått, and Matt.

Skolt Sami

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Etymology

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

Noun

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mätt

  1. education

Inflection

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Even a-stem, tˈt-tt gradation
Nominative mätt
Genitive määtt
Singular Plural
Nominative mätt määtt
Accusative määtt määttaid
Genitive määtt määttai
Illative mattu määttaid
Locative määttast määttain
Comitative määttain määttaivuiʹm
Abessive määttʼtää määttaitää
Essive mättan
Partitive mättad
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Gotland):(file)

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse mettr, related to matr (food). Compare Icelandic and Faroese mettur; distantly related to English meat.

Adjective

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mätt (comparative mättare, superlative mättast)

  1. full, satisfied, satiated (from eating)
Declension
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Inflection of mätt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mätt mättare mättast
neuter singular mätt mättare mättast
plural mätta mättare mättast
masculine plural2 mätte mättare mättast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mätte mättare mättaste
all mätta mättare mättaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Etymology 2

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Participle

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mätt

  1. past participle of mäta

Verb

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mätt

  1. supine of mäta

Further reading

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