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mutat
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mutat (uncountable)
- (Islam) A compensation gift given to a woman when divorced or repudiated by her husband.
- 1998, David Pearl, Werner Menski, Muslim family law, →ISBN, page 184:
- Relying on Qur'an, Sura II, verse 236, Nasir (1990a, p. 144; 1990b, pp. 96-98) shows that the amount of mutat is a matter of goodwill and of custom.
- 2007, David J. Ndegwah, Biblical Hermeneutics as a Tool for Inculturation in Africa, page 121:
- Once it has had three steers, the new owner can 'cut the linkage' (mutat) by giving back an ox and six goats or so, depending on the practice in a particular area, and the original owner will give away the ox in exchange for another calf, which will create a new cattle lineage.
- 2009, Jamal J. Ahmad Nasir (editor), The Status of Women under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation (third edition), BRILL, →ISBN, chapter thirteen: “The Dower”, § 5: ‘Entitlement to the Dower’, page 95:
- This is a ruling agreed upon by the Shi’ahs with the reservation that if the husband should die before consummation, without having specified a dower, nor set any portion for his wife in the contract, then nothing is due to her by way of dower or gift (mutat) (Ref. Al-Hilli, p. 21).
- 2013, Werner Menski, Modern Indian Family Law, →ISBN, page 284:
- This argument confirms that in traditional Muslim jurisprudence the concept of some kind of compensation for the divorced Muslim wife, in the form of mata or mutat, was not unknown.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Participle
mutat (feminine mutada, masculine plural mutats, feminine plural mutades)
- past participle of mutar
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *muja- (“to touch, feel”) + -tat (causative suffix). Cognates include Finnish muistaa (“to recall, remember”) and Estonian mõistma (“to understand”).
Pronunciation
Verb
mutat
- (transitive) to show something to someone (with -nak/-nek)
- (transitive) to indicate, signal, read (to present or carry information on him/her/itself)
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Further reading
- mutat in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmuː.tat]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmuː.tat]
Verb
mūtat
Romanian
Etymology
Past participle of muta.
Pronunciation
Noun
mutat n (plural mutaturi)
Declension
Verb
mutat (past participle of muta)
- past participle of muta
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Swedish
Verb
mutat
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