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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Per Babiniotis, borrowed into Koiné Greek from Late Latin catta (“female cat”); see there for further information.[1]
Per Beekes, of unknown ultimate origin, but related to the Latin counterpart as well as cognates in various other European languages.[2]
Replaced αἴλουρος (aílouros) in later usage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkat.ta/ → /ˈka.ta/
Noun
κάττα • (kátta) f (genitive κάττης); first declension (Koine, Byzantine)
- cat
- Synonym: αἴλουρος (aílouros)
Inflection
- κάττος (káttos) (the masculine equivalent)
Descendants
- Mariupol Greek: ка́та (káta)
References
- ^ lemma "γάτα' - κάττα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάττα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 657
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