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مات

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Arabic

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Root
م و ت (m w t)
14 terms

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *mawut-. Cognate with Hebrew מֵת (mét), Aramaic מית (mīt), Tigrinya ሞተ (motä), Egyptian mwt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maː.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Verb

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مَاتَ (māta) I (non-past يَمُوتُ (yamūtu), verbal noun مَوْت (mawt) or مَمَات (mamāt))

  1. to die
    Synonyms: هَلَكَ (halaka), تُوُفِّيَ (tuwuffiya); see also Thesaurus:مات

Conjugation

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Verb

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مَاتَ (māta) I (non-past يَمَاتُ (yamātu), verbal noun مَوْت (mawt))

  1. (archaic, dialectal) to die
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:23:
      فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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  • This conjugation sometimes occurs in the Quran, particularly the past forms with -i- in some manners of recitation.

Conjugation

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Verb

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مَاتَ (māta) I (non-past يَمُوتُ (yamūtu), verbal noun مَوَات (mawāt))

  1. to be empty, to be or become unoccupied (of land, a city, etc.)
  2. to dead end, to have no outlet (of a road)
  3. to be unused, to be untrodden (of a road)

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cowan, W. (1960). Arabic evidence for Proto-Semitic*/awa/and*/ō. Language, 60-62.

Baluchi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Persian مادر (mâdar), Pashto مور (mor), Northern Kurdish mak, Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

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مات (mát)

  1. mother

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Egyptian Arabic

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Root
م و ت
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic مَاتَ (māta).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈmæːt]

Verb

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مات (māt) I (non-past يموت (yimūt))

  1. to die

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of مات (form-I hollow)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m متت (mutt) متت (mutt) مات (māt) متنا (mutna) متتوا (muttu) موتوا (mūtu)
f متتي (mutti) ماتت (mātit)
present subjunctive m اموت (amūt) تموت (timūt) يموت (yimūt) نموت (nimūt) تموتوا (timūtu) يموتوا (yimūtu)
f تموتي (timūti) تموت (timūt)
present indicative m بموت (bamūt) بتموت (bitmūt) بيموت (biymūt) بنموت (binmūt) بتموتوا (bitmūtu) بيموتوا (biymūtu)
f بتموتي (bitmūtu) بتموت (bitmūt)
future m حموت (ḥamūt) حتموت (ḥatmūt) حيموت (ḥaymūt) حنموت (ḥanmūt) حتموتوا (ḥatmūtu) حيموتوا (ḥaymūtu)
f حتموتي (ḥatmūtu) حتموت (ḥatmūt)
imperative m موت (mūt) موتوا (mūtu)
f موتي (mūti)

Malay

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Noun

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مات (Rumi spelling mata, plural مات-مات or مات۲, informal 1st possessive ماتکو, 2nd possessive ماتمو, 3rd possessive ماتڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of mata

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
م و ت
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic مَاتَ (māta).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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مات (māt) I (non-past يموت (ymūt), verbal noun موت (mūt), active participle مايت (māyit))

  1. (intransitive) to die

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of مات
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m متّ (mutt) متّي (mutti) مات (māt) متنا (mutna) متّوا (muttu) ماتوا (mātu)
f ماتت (mātet)
non-past m نموت (nmūt) تموت (tmūt) يموت (ymūt) نموتوا (nmūtu) تموتوا (tmūtu) يموتوا (ymūtu)
f تموتي (tmūti) تموت (tmūt)
imperative m موت (mūt) موتوا (mūtu)
f موتي (mūti)

North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic ماتَ (māta).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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مات (māt) I (non-past يموت (ymūt))

  1. to die
  2. (figurative) to die, to do something extremely, to death
    وين كنت لهلأ؟ أنا متت من الخوف!
    wayn kint la-hallaʔ? ʔana mitit mn il-ḵawf!
    Where have you been? I was scared to death!

Etymology 2

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From French maths.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مات (mātm or f

  1. (Lebanon) math, mathematics (especially as a school subject)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Persian مات.

Noun

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مات (mat)

  1. (chess) checkmate

Descendants

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  • Turkish: mat

References

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Persian

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Etymology

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According to Watkins, related to Arabic مات (māt, to die).[1] However, compare Sanskrit मात (māta, traversed, measured across), past participle of मा () (verbal root), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mimáHti, *mimHati, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-; see मिमीते (mimīte, to mark off).[2]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? māt
Dari reading? māt
Iranian reading? mât
Tajik reading? mot

Adjective

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مات (mât)

  1. amazed
  2. astonished

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ checkmate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “مات”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page .

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
م و ت
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic مَاتَ (māta).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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مات (māt) I (present بموت (bimūt))

  1. to die
    Synonym: توفّى (twaffa)
    • 2023 December 9 [2011 November 27], Refaat Alareer, “إذا كان لا بدّ أن أموت”, in TameemOliveFern, transl., X[2], translation of If I Must Die (in English):
      إذا كان لا بدّ أن أموت
      فعليكَ أن تحيا
      لِتقصّ قصّتي
      [...]
      إذا كان لا بدّ أن أموت
      لتجعلها تجلبُ الأمل
      لتجعلها قصة
      [original: If I must die,
      you must live
      to tell my story
      [...]
      If I must die
      let it bring hope
      let it be a tale
      ]
  2. (+ في) to love
    بموت في أغانيهمبصير بدّي أرقص لحالي.
    bamūt fi ʔaḡānīhom — baṣīr biddi ʔarʔoṣ la-ḥāli
    I love their songs — I start wanting to dance on my own.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of مات (māt)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m متت (mutt) متت (mutt) مات (māt) متنا (mutna) متتو (muttu) ماتو (mātu)
f متتي (mutti) ماتت (mātat)
present m بموت (bamūt) بتموت (bitmūt) بموت (bimūt) منموت (minmūt) بتموتو (bitmūtu) بيموتو (bimūtu)
f بتموتي (bitmūti) بتموت (bitmūt)
subjunctive m اموت (amūt) تموت (tmūt) يموت (ymūt) نموت (nmūt) تموتو (tmūtu) يموتو (ymūtu)
f تموتي (tmūti) تموت (tmūt)
imperative m موت (mūt) موتو (mūtu)
f موتي (mūti)