mạt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːt̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maːk̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [maːk̚˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *maːc.

Noun

(classifier con) mạt • (末)

  1. certain species of mites and lice
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 末.

Probably merged with the native word mạt derived from the earlier form mlạt (“tasteless, insipid”), whence also modern lạt, nhạt, attested in the compound hèn mlạt (> hèn mạt) in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). For the sound change, compare mác (from earlier mlác).

Adjective

mạt

  1. extremely poor; be in deep poverty
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