matuf

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish معتوه (matuh).

Adjective

matuf m or n (feminine singular matufă, masculine plural matufi, feminine and neuter plural matufe)

1. dirty, negligent in clothing

Declension

Declension of matuf

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	matuf		matufă	matufi	matufe
	definite	matuful		matufa	matufii	matufele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	matuf		matufe	matufi	matufe
	definite	matufului		matufei	matufilor	matufelor

Noun

matuf m (plural matufi)

1. decrepit old man

Declension

Declension of matuf

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) matuf	matuful	(niște) matufi	matufii
genitive/dative	(unui) matuf	matufului	(unor) matufi	matufilor
vocative	matufule		matufilor

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish معطوف (matuf), from Arabic مَعْطُوف (maʕṭūf), passive participle of عَطَفَ (ʕaṭafa, “to incline, sympathize, be favorable to”).

Adjective

matuf (archaic)

1. (with dative) directed towards, aimed at
2. bent, inclined
3. (grammar) joined to a preceding word with a conjunction

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ma'tûf”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 701
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معطوف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1194
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “matuf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معطوف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1911
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN