mätt

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

Skolt Sami

Etymology

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Noun

mätt

  1. education

Inflection

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 — — —

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

mätt (comparative mättare, superlative mättast)

  1. full, satisfied, satiated (from eating)
Declension
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.

Etymology 2

Participle

mätt

  1. past participle of mäta

Verb

mätt

  1. supine of mäta

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