matat

See also: matât, mâtât, and mätät

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

matat m (feminine matada, masculine plural matats, feminine plural matades)

  1. past participle of matar

Finnish

Adjective

matat

  1. nominative plural of matta

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete onomatopoeic verb mat +‎ -at (frequentative-causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒtɒt]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

matat

  1. (intransitive, informal) to fumble, rummage, feel around
    Synonyms: keresgél, motoz, turkál, kutat, vájkál, kotorászik, kotor, (the latter two are transitive) túr
  2. (intransitive, informal) to potter around, be busy doing this and that (with slow movements)
    Synonym: tesz-vesz

Conjugation
conjugation of matat
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. matatok matatsz matat matatunk matattok matatnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. matattam matattál matatott matattunk matattatok matattak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. matatnék matatnál matatna matatnánk matatnátok matatnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. matassak matass or
matassál		 matasson matassunk matassatok matassanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive matatni matatnom matatnod matatnia matatnunk matatnotok matatniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
matatás matató matatott ― matatva matathat

Derived terms
  • matatás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elmatat
  • kimatat

References
  1. matat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • matat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Swedish

Verb

matat

  1. supine of mata.

Anagrams
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