catt

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattuz. Cognate with Old Saxon katto, Old Norse kǫttr, Old High German kazzo. A related word also existed in the Germanic languages with the feminine gender, represented in Old English by catte. The word appears to be related to Late Latin cattus as well as to similar words in the Slavic and Celtic languages, but the ultimate source is uncertain. See cat for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

catt m

  1. cat
    Hēo hrīemþ. Iċ hrīeme. Sē catt hrīemþ.
    She screams. I scream. The cat screams.

Declension

Declension of catt (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative catt cattas
accusative catt cattas
genitive cattes catta
dative catte cattum

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Descendants

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kattos, either borrowed from or cognate with Latin cattus, which is possibly from Afroasiatic, but see cat for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

catt m (genitive caitt)

  1. cat
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 10
      catt ab eo quod est cattus
      catt from that which is cattus

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative catt cattL caittL
Vocative caitt cattL cattuH
Accusative cattN cattL cattuH
Genitive caittL catt cattN
Dative cattL cattaib cattaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
catt chatt catt
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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