мат

• IPA^(key): [mat]

мат • (mat) (indeclinable, not comparable)

1. matte

• IPA^(key): [mat]
• Rhymes: -at

Borrowed from French mat, short for échec et mat, from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ‎ (šāhu māta), ultimately from Persian شاه مات‎ (šâh mât, “the king is amazed”).

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов, related adjective ма́товый)

1. (chess) checkmate, mate (Russian notation: ×)

Borrowed from French mat, probably from Latin mattus.

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)

1. (singular only) mat, matte finish, frost (glass)

• ма́товый (mátovyj)

гимнасти́ческий мат

Borrowed from English mat or Dutch mat.

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов)

1. mat, floor mat (woven floor covering, or soft floor pad in athletics)

Abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).[1]

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)

1. (colloquial) foul language; language that includes obscene words deriving from a small set of roots for sex, sexual organs, and sexuality

   Synonym: матерщи́на (materščína)

   покрыва́ть ма́том ― pokryvátʹ mátom ― to heap scurrilous abuse on someone

   крича́ть благи́м ма́том ― kričátʹ blagím mátom ― to scream blue murder

Borrowed from Russian мат (mat).

мат • (mat)

1. (in chess) checkmate, mate

   мат биэр ― mat bier ― to declare checkmate

Borrowed from Russian мат (mat).

мат • (mat)

1. (for gymnastics, yoga, etc.) mat

   гимнастическай мат ― gimnasticeskay mat ― a gymnastics mat

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мат • (mat)

1. (intransitive) (with abl.) to be deprived of, to lose

   астан мат ― astan mat ― to be deprived of food

   хараххыттан мат ― qaraqqıttan mat ― to lose one's sight

   тылгыттан мат ― tılgıttan mat ― to be speechless