mätt
Skolt Sami
Etymology
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Inflection
| Even a-stem, tˈt-tt gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Related terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (Gotland) (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mettr, related to matr (“food”). Compare Icelandic and Faroese mettur; distantly related to English meat.
Declension
| Inflection of mätt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | mätt | mättare | mättast |
| Neuter singular | mätt | mättare | mättast |
| Plural | mätta | mättare | mättast |
| Masculine plural3 | mätte | mättare | mättast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | mätte | mättare | mättaste |
| All | mätta | mättare | mättaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Further reading
- mätt in Svensk ordbok.
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