fata

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛaːʰta/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰta
• Homophone: fatað

Verb

fata (third person singular past indicative fataði, third person plural past indicative fataðu, supine fatað)

1. to understand
2. to comprehend

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fata, cognate with Jamtish futu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

Noun

fata f (genitive singular fötu, nominative plural fötur)

1. bucket

   Synonym: skjóla

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠat̪ˠə/, /ˈfˠɑt̪ˠə/

Noun

fata m (genitive singular fata, nominative plural fataí)

1. Connacht form of práta (“potato”)

Declension

• Superseded nominative plural: fataidhe

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 301
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: fà‧ta

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada; French fée; Spanish hada.

Noun

fata f (plural fate)

1. fairy (mythical creature)

Derived terms

• fata morgana

Further reading

• fata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fata

1. inflection of fatare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• afta

Ladin

Adjective

fata f sg

1. feminine singular of fat

Latin

Alternative forms

• fada (Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From fātum (“destiny, lot, fate”) and fātus (“oracle, prophecy, fate”); derived from verb for (“I speak”) from Proto-Italic *fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.ta/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ta/,

Proper noun

fāta f (genitive fātae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate
2. (mythology) supernatural being, fairy, fay, deity of fate; divinity of destiny
3. Alternative letter-case form of Fāta

   Fatis Fata[bus] / Druinus M(arci) No[ni] / Arri Muciani c(onsulis) [opp. c(larissimi viri)] / actor praedioru[m] / Tublinat(ium), tegurium / a solo inpendio suo fe/cit et in tutela eius / sestertios n(ummos) CC conlustrio / fundi Vettiani dedit.

   To Fates and Fairies. Druinus, (slave) of consul Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus, administrator of the Toblino estates, erected a shrine at his own expense and for its maintenance he offered two hundred sesterces on the occasion of the purification ceremony of the Vezzano estate

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

Proper noun

fāta n pl (genitive fātōrum); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) The Fates; Parcae; gods who control destiny; divine personifications of fate
2. (mythology) supernatural beings, fairies, fey, deities of fate; divinities of destiny
3. Alternative letter-case form of Fāta

   Fatis Fata[bus] / Druinus M(arci) No[ni] / Arri Muciani c(onsulis) [opp. c(larissimi viri)] / actor praedioru[m] / Tublinat(ium), tegurium / a solo inpendio suo fe/cit et in tutela eius / sestertios n(ummos) CC conlustrio / fundi Vettiani dedit.

   To Fates and Fairies. Druinus, (slave) of consul Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus, administrator of the Toblino estates, erected a shrine at his own expense and for its maintenance he offered two hundred sesterces on the occasion of the purification ceremony of the Vezzano estate

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Related terms

• Parca

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *Fāta (see there for further descendants)

Noun

fāta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fātum

Participle

fāta

1. inflection of fātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

fātā

1. ablative feminine singular of fātus

Further reading

• “fatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fadus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 655.
• fata in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2697

Mairasi

Noun

fata

1. water

References

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 101

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fatene

Noun

fata n pl

1. definite plural of fat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fata, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”). Doublet of fatta, which came through Middle Low German vaten. Cognates include Dutch vatten, German fassen, and to a certain degree English fetch.

Alternative forms

• fate (with e infinitive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːtɑ/

Verb

fata (present tense fatar, past tense fata, past participle fata, passive infinitive fatast, present participle fatande, imperative fata/fat)

1. (transitive) to take, grip, seize
   • 1875, Elias Blix, “Jesu, du er den Himmelveg”, in Nokre salmar [Some hymns]‎, Booklet III, Christiania: Samlaget, page 26:

     Ljoset det inn i Myrkret skin // Myrkret det inkje vil fata.

     Light, it shines into the darkness. Darkness will not grasp it.

   • 1923, Edvard Os, Kroppsøvingar i barne- og ungdomsskulen [Physical exercises for primary and lower secondary education]‎, Oslo: Samlaget, page 190:

     Hendene skifter tak, ei for ei, eller båe i ein gong, og fatar i steget som knekrokane heng på.

     The hands switch grip, one at a time, or both at once, and grab the very step on which the kneekaps hang.

2. (transitive) to understand, comprehend
3. (intransitive) to ignite (to commence burning)

Usage notes

• With split infinitive, the a infinitive is used for this verb.

Related terms

• fat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• fati (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːtɑ/

Noun

fata n

1. definite plural of fat

References

• “fata” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

fata f (genitive fǫtu)

1. pail, bucket

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: fata
• Jamtish: futu (< fǫtu)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *fatōną.

Alternative forms

• feta

Verb

fata

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Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: fata
• Faroese: fata
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fata, fate

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fata

1. indefinite genitive plural of fat

References

• “fata1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fata2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā, “until”). See Spanish hasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhata/

Preposition

fata

1. until
   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous, Cantar de mío Cid 1486-1487:

     Q̃ vayades por ellas, adugades gelas aca
     E ffata en valençia dellas non uos partades

     that you should go for them and bring them here,
     and you must not leave them until Valencia.

Related terms

• hasta, fasta, ata

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• (Arabic) فَتَ
• (Bengali) ফাতা
• (Myanmar) ဖာတာ
• (Hanifi) 𐴉𐴝𐴃𐴝 (fata)

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali পাতা (pata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

fata

1. leaf
2. petal (of a flower)
3. page

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

fata

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fată

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-fáta (infinitive gufáta, perfective -fáshe)

1. take, get
2. catch
3. arrest

Spanish

Adjective

fata f sg

1. feminine singular of fato

Volapük

Noun

fata

1. genitive singular of fat