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mats

1. plural of mat

Verb[edit]

mats

1. Third-person singular easy current indicative type of mat

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• ASTM, ATMs, MAST, MTAs, Mast, Stam, amts, mast, mast-, stam, tams

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Aromanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin matia, in all probability remade from the plural type. Examine Romanian maț, mațe; additionally Sardinian matza (“stomach”), macia, massa, matta.

Noun[edit]

mats n (plural matsã)

1. bowel, gut

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Noun[edit]

mats m

1. plural of mat

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mats

1. Romanization of

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Baltic, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mat-, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-, *m-et- (“to mark, to measure”), whence additionally Latvian mest (“to throw”) (older that means “to measure”, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-ti- (“measure, knowledge”)). The unique that means was thus “measure, mark” (a derived that means of “compensation, cost (for milling grain)” < “amount measured to be given as payment” is attested in older sources and in some dialects). The semantic evolution was “measure” > “physique half used as measure unit” > “small measure / small physique half used as measure unit” > “hair” (word that human and animal hair (wool) was an historic small measure unit amongst many peoples, together with historic Latvians). In some expressions, traces of the sooner that means of mats as “small measure unit” can nonetheless be seen: uz mata (“appropriate”), mats matā, ne par matu. Cognates embrace Lithuanian mãtas (“measure, measure unit”), Russian ме́тить (métitʹ, “to mark, to label”), Sanskrit माति (māti), मिमाति (mā́ti, mimā́ti, “to measure”), Albanian matë (“measure”).^[1]

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mats m (1st declension)

1. (anatomy, often plural) (head) hair (set of keratin filaments which develop on the highest of a human being’s head)

   gaiši, rudi, tumši, sirmi mati ― gentle (= blond), crimson, darkish, grey hair

   kastaņbrūni mati ― auburn hair

   kupli, sprogaini, gludi mati ― bushy, curly, clean hair

   normāli, taukaini, sausi mati ― regular, greasy, dry hair

   matu cirtas, sprogas ― hair curls, locks

   matu pīne ― hair braid, plait, tress

   apgriezt matus ― to trim one’s hair, to have a haircut

   nogriezt matus īsus ― to chop one’s hair quick

   nogriezt, nodzīt matus (uz nulli) ― tu minimize off one’s hair (to zero)

   matu rullītis ― hair curler

   matu laka ― hairspray

   matu eļļa, mateļļa ― hair oil

   matu (sa)kārtojums ― hairdo

   matu mezgls ― hair twists, knots

   līdzās ceļiniekiem stāv meitene ar pelēkām matu pīnēm ― a lady with grey hair braids is standing subsequent to the traveler

   dārzā līkņāja vecs vīrs bez neviena mata uz galvas ― within the backyard an outdated man with none hair on (his) head was stooping

2. (anatomy, singular or plural) every keratin filament on the physique of human beings or different animals

   mata stiebrs ― hair shaft (above the pores and skin)

   mata sakne ― hair root (within the pores and skin)

   mata sīpols ― hair bulb (below the pores and skin)

   uz ķermeņa, rokām un kājām mati ir maigi, plāni, tos vēl sauc par pūku… uzacu, plakstu mati ir gari, saraini ― on the physique, legs and arms hairs are gentle (and) skinny, they’re additionally known as fuzz… eyebrow, eyelid hair (in distinction) is lengthy, stubbly

   āpša ādu kažokrūpniecībā maz izmanto, jo mati rupji un cieti ― badger pores and skin shouldn’t be used a lot within the fur trade, as a result of (its) hairs are coarse and arduous

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Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

mats m pl

1. plural of mat

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Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

mats

1. indefinite genitive singular of mat

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