# мат
## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mat]

### Adjective

мат • (mat) (indeclinable, not comparable)
* matte

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mat]
* Rhymes: -at

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mat, short for échec et mat, from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ (šāhu māta), ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is amazed”).

#### Noun

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов, relational adjective ма́товый)
* (chess) checkmate, mate (Russian notation: ×)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mat, probably from Latin mattus.

#### Noun

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)
* (singular only) mat, matte finish, frost (glass)

##### Related terms

* ма́товый (mátovyj)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English mat or Dutch mat.

#### Noun

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов)
* mat, floor mat (woven floor covering, or soft floor pad in athletics)

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).

#### Noun

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)
* (colloquial) foul language; language that includes obscene words deriving from a small set of roots for sex, sexual organs, and sexuality
    Synonyms: матерщи́на (materščína), матю́к (matjúk)
    покрыва́ть ма́том ― pokryvátʹ mátom ― to heap scurrilous abuse on someone
    крича́ть благи́м ма́том ― kričátʹ blagím mátom ― to scream blue murder

##### Derived terms

* матю́к m (matjúk) (матю́г m (matjúg))
** матюка́ть impf (matjukátʹ), матюка́ться impf (matjukátʹsja) (матюга́ть impf (matjugátʹ), матюга́ться impf (matjugátʹsja))
*** матюга́льник m (matjugálʹnik)

##### Related terms

* матери́ть impf (materítʹ), матери́ться impf (materítʹsja)
* матерщи́на f (materščína)
* матерщи́нник m anim (materščínnik)

### References

* ↑ Н. М. Шанский, Т. А. Боброва (2004) “мат (3)”, in Школьный этимологический словарь русского языка. Происхождение слов (in Russian), Дрофа

### Anagrams

* там (tam)

## Southern Selkup
### Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *mən, from Proto-Uralic *minä.
Cognates include Finnish minä, Tundra Nenets мань (manʹ°).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Pronoun

мат (mat)
* I

#### Inflection

This personal pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

#### See also
### References

* G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 68 of 150

## Yakut
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian мат (mat).

#### Noun

мат • (mat)
* (chess) checkmate, mate
    мат биэр ― mat bier ― to declare checkmate

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian мат (mat).

#### Noun

мат • (mat)
* (for gymnastics, yoga, etc.) mat
    гимнастическай мат ― gimnasticeskay mat ― a gymnastics mat

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

мат • (mat)
* (intransitive) (with abl.) to be deprived of, to lose
    астан мат ― astan mat ― to be deprived of food
    хараххыттан мат ― qaraqqıttan mat ― to lose one's sight
    тылгыттан мат ― tılgıttan mat ― to be speechless