mạt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *maːc.

Noun

(classifier con) mạt • (末)

  1. certain species of mites and lice
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Derived terms
  • bọ mạt
  • mạt gà

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 末.

Probably merged with the native word mạt derived form 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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