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)
Declension
| 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)
- decrepit old man
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | matuf | matuful | matufi | matufii | |
| genitive-dative | matuf | matufului | 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)
- (with dative) directed towards, aimed at
- bent, inclined
- (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] (in French), 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