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mateix
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan mateix~meteix, from Early Medieval Latin metipse, from Latin -met + ipse. Compare Occitan meteis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mateix (feminine mateixa, masculine plural mateixos, feminine plural mateixes)
- serves as an intensifier in the same manner that in English would be performed by the appropriate reflexive pronoun (myself, himself, themselves, etc.)
- Vostè mateix és responsable d'aquest desastre.
- You yourself are responsible for this disaster.
- El Sant Grial només pot ser tocat pels sants mateixos.
- The Holy Grail may only be touched by the saints themselves.
Usage notes
- As an adjective, mateix is placed after the noun it modifies.
Determiner
mateix m (feminine mateixa, masculine plural mateixos, feminine plural mateixes)
- same (identical)
- Vam néixer el mateix dia.
- We were born on the same day.
- same (similar)
- (between a possessive pronoun and a noun) own
- El seu mateix pare no va creure el seu relat.
- Her own father did not believe her tale.
Usage notes
- As a determiner, mateix is placed before the noun it modifies.
Derived terms
References
- “mateix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
- “mateix”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “mateix”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “mateix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
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