fata

From Old Norse fata, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to seize, hold”).

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

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

1. to understand
2. to comprehend

From Old Norse fata, cognate with Jamtish futu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

fata f (genitive singular fötu, nominative plural fötur)

1. bucket

   Synonym: skjóla

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠat̪ˠə/, /ˈfˠɑt̪ˠə/^[1]

fata m (genitive singular fata, nominative plural fataí)

1. Connacht form of práta (“potato”)

• Superseded nominative plural: fataidhe

• 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

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

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

fata f (plural fate)

1. fairy (mythical creature)

• fata morgana

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fata

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

• afta

fata f sg

1. feminine singular of fat

• fada (Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin)

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”).

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

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 / Druinus M(arci) No / Arri Muciani c(onsulis) [opp. c(larissimi viri)] / actor praedioru / 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

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

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 / Druinus M(arci) No / Arri Muciani c(onsulis) [opp. c(larissimi viri)] / actor praedioru / 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

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

• Parca

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

fāta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fātum

fāta

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

fātā

1. ablative feminine singular of fātus

• “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

fata

1. water

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

• fatene

fata n pl

1. definite plural of fat

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.

• fate (with e infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːtɑ/

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)

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

• fat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• fati (archaic)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːtɑ/

fata n

1. definite plural of fat

• “fata” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

fata

1. genitive plural of fæt

Inflected form of fat (“vessel, container”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

fata f (genitive fǫtu)

1. pail, bucket

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

From Proto-Germanic *fatōną.

• feta

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• Icelandic: fata
• Faroese: fata
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fata, fate (with e infinitive)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fata

1. indefinite genitive plural of fat

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhata/

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.

• hasta, fasta, ata

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

Cognate with Bengali পাতা (pata).

• IPA^(key):

fata

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

• IPA^(key):

fata

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fată

-fáta (infinitive gufáta, perfective -fáshe)

1. take, get
2. catch
3. arrest

fata f sg

1. feminine singular of fato

fata

1. genitive singular of fat