matan

See also: matán, mâțan, and mätän

Asturian

Verb

matan

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of matar

Finnish

Adjective

matan

1. genitive singular of matta

Anagrams

• manat

Galician

Verb

matan

1. third-person plural present indicative of matar

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).

Noun

matan f

1. morning
2. matins

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	matanL	matainL	maitneaH
Vocative	matanL	matainL	maitneaH
Accusative	matainN	matainL	maitneaH
Genitive	maitneH	matanL	matanN
Dative	matainL	maitneaib	maitneaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

• matindae

Descendants

• Irish: maidin
• Manx: maddin, madjin
• Scottish Gaelic: madainn

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatan/ [ˈma.t̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -atan
• Syllabification: ma‧tan

Verb

matan

1. third-person plural present indicative of matar

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Compare Malay mata.

Noun

matan

1. eye

Volapük

Etymology

From mat +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈtan]

Noun

matan (nominative plural matans)

1. spouse (husband or wife), consort
2. married (one) (acting semantically as the English adjective, though literally: "married person")

Declension

declension of matan

	singular	plural
nominative	matan	matans
genitive	matana	matanas
dative	matane	matanes
accusative	matani	matanis
vocative 1	o matan!	o matans!
predicative 2	matanu	matanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

• himatan (“husband”)
• jimatan (“wife”)

Derived terms

• matanapär (“husband and wife, married couple”)
• matanik (“spousal”)

Related terms

• mat (“marriage, wedlock”)
• matikön (“get married”) vi
• matön (“be married”) vi
• matükön (“marry”) vt

Yámana

Noun

matan

1. three