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Belarusian
Pronunciation
Noun
каты́ • (katý)
- nominative plural of кот (kot)
Nogai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *katïg.[1][2] Cognate to Karakalpak qattı.
Adjective
каты • (katı)
- hard, tough, firm
- cruel
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “katığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 597
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kạt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́ты • (káty) m anim pl or m inan pl
- inflection of кат (kat):
- nominative plural
- inanimate accusative plural