matal

See also: mätāl

Elkei

Noun

matal

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish matal, mattal, from Old Norse mǫttull (compare Icelandic möntull), itself borrowed from Late Latin mantellum, from Latin mantum (“cloak”).

Noun

matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail)

  1. (literary) mantle, cloak
  2. mantelpiece

Declension

Declension of matal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative matal matail
vocative a mhatail a mhatala
genitive matail matal
dative matal matail
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an matal na matail
genitive an mhatail na matal
dative leis an matal
don mhatal 		leis na matail

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • clár matail (“mantelshelf”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of matal
radical lenition eclipsis
matal mhatal not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Maltese

Root
m-t-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَاطَلَ (māṭala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.tal/
  • Rhymes: -aːtal

Verb

matal (imperfect jmatal, verbal noun tamtil)

  1. to hinder, to temporise
  2. to defer a payment

Conjugation

Conjugation of matal (Form III)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m matalt matalt matal matalna mataltu matlu
f matlet
imperfect m mmatal tmatal jmatal mmatlu tmatlu jmatlu
f tmatal
imperative matal matlu

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَتَل (matal), a vulgar variant of مَثَل (masal), from Arabic مَثَل (maṯal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑˈtɑɫ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧tal

Noun

matal (definite accusative mataly, plural matallar)

  1. riddle, puzzle
    Synonym: tapmaça

Declension

Declension of matal
singular plural
nominative matal matallar
accusative mataly matallary
genitive matalyň matallaryň
dative matala matallara
locative matalda matallarda
ablative mataldan matallardan

Derived terms

  • matal otarmak (“to riddle; to talk nonsense”)

Further reading

  • “matal” in Enedilim.com
  • “matal”, in Türkmen Diliniň Düşündirişli Sözlügi [Explanatory Dictionary of the Turkmen Language]‎[1] (in Turkmen), volume 2, Ashgabat: Ylym Neşirýaty, 2016, page 90
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