мат

мат • (mat) (not comparable) (indeclinable)

1. matte

• IPA^(key): [mat]
• Rhymes: -at

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

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов)

1. (chess) checkmate, mate (Russian notation: ×)

Borrowed from French mat, probably from Latin mattus.

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)

1. (singular only) mat, matte finish, frost (glass)

• ма́товый (mátovyj)

гимнасти́ческий мат

Borrowed from English mat or Dutch mat.

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, nominative plural ма́ты, genitive plural ма́тов)

1. mat, floor mat (woven floor covering, or soft floor pad in athletics)

Abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).[1]

мат • (mat) m inan (genitive ма́та, uncountable)

1. (colloquial) foul language; language that includes obscene words deriving from a small set of roots for sex, sexual organs, and sexuality

   покрыва́ть ма́том ― pokryvátʹ mátom ― to heap scurrilous abuse on someone

   крича́ть благи́м ма́том ― kričátʹ blagím mátom ― to scream blue murder

• матерщи́на (materščína)