MOT

Mot

In Ugaritic Mot 'Death' is personified as a god of death. The word is cognate with forms meaning 'death' in other Semitic and Afro-Asiatic languages: with Arabic موت mawt; with Hebrew מות ; with Maltese mewt; with Syriac mautā; with Ge'ez mot; with Canaanite, Egyptian, Berber, Aramaic, Nabataean, and Palmyrene מות ; with Jewish Aramaic, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, and Samaritan מותא ; with Mandaean muta; with Akkadian mūtu; with Hausa mutuwa; and with Angas mut. The name of the god, in its abstract meaning of death, survives use in the English language in the game of chess, "mate".

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mot

Noun

  1. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
  2. A word or a motto; a device.
  3. A note or brief strain on a bugle.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the Dublin area.


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