katt
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kattmamma med kattungar (“kittens”)
Estonian
Etymology
Related to kaas (“cover, top”), katma (“to cover”).
Noun
katt (genitive katu, partitive kattu)
Declension
| Declension of katt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | katt | katud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | katu | ||
| genitive | kattude | ||
| partitive | kattu | katte kattusid | |
| illative | kattu katusse |
kattudesse katesse | |
| inessive | katus | kattudes kates | |
| elative | katust | kattudest katest | |
| allative | katule | kattudele katele | |
| adessive | katul | kattudel katel | |
| ablative | katult | kattudelt katelt | |
| translative | katuks | kattudeks kateks | |
| terminative | katuni | kattudeni | |
| essive | katuna | kattudena | |
| abessive | katuta | kattudeta | |
| comitative | katuga | kattudega | |
Livonian
Alternative forms
- kattõ (Courland)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kattadak.
Verb
katt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta.
Pronunciation
Noun
katt m (definite singular katten, indefinite plural katter, definite plural kattene)
- a cat
Derived terms
See also
References
- “katt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta. The second sense is a semantic loan from English cat-o'-nine-tails.
Pronunciation
Noun
katt m (definite singular katten, indefinite plural kattar, definite plural kattane)
- a cat
- a cat-o'-nine-tails
Derived terms
- angorakatt
- apekatt
- bakgardskatt
- få katten
- gje katten i
- grakatt
- hannkatt
- havkatt
- hokatt
- huskatt
- ikkje for katten
- kattaktig
- kattauge
- katte
- kattebjørn
- kattedyr
- kattefamilie
- kattefot
- kattehale
- katteklo
- katteknipe
- kattelabb
- kattemat
- kattemjuk
- kattemusikk
- kattemynte
- kattepest
- kattepus
- katteskinn
- katteslekt
- kattestein
- kattesylv
- kattesølv
- katteurt
- kattevask
- kattevoren
- kattfisk
- kattgaupe
- kattost
- kattugle
- kattunge
- kosekatt
- laupekatt
- lussekatt
- marekatt
- panterkatt
- pusekatt
- rasekatt
- røyskatt
- skipskatt
- skogkatt
- svartkatt
- tamkatt
- trollkatt
- villkatt
Related terms
References
- “katt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish katter, from Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta.
Usage as a minced oath due to the association in folklore between cats and the forces of darkness.
Pronunciation
Noun
katt c
- a cat
- Synonyms: (endearing) kisse, (endearing) kissekatt, (endearing) kissemiss, (endearing) misse, murre, kissemurre
- 1971, “Lille katt [Little cat]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music):
- Lille katt, lille katt, lille söte katta. Vet du att, vet du att, det är mörkt om natta?
- Little cat, little cat, little cute cat Do you know that, do you know that, it is dark at night ?
- 1974, James & Karin (lyrics and music), “Skaffa katt [Get a cat]”, in Barnlåtar [Children's songs]:
- Nu är det dags att skaffa katt igen. Det var så länge sedan sist. Nu är det dags att skaffa katt igen. Det känns så tomt och trist. Det var nog säkert flera år sen sist. Nu är det dags att skaffa katt igen. Mjau, mjau, mjau, mjau, mjau.
- Now it's time to get a cat again. It was so long ago . Now it's time to get a cat again. It feels so empty and sad. It was probably several years ago . Now it's time to get a cat again. Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
- (slang) a sexually attractive woman
- (rare) a cat-o'-nine-tails
- Synonym: niosvansad katt
- (minced oath, in the definite "katten", in certain expressions) Euphemistic form of fan.
Declension
| Declension of katt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | katt | katten | katter | katterna |
| Genitive | katts | kattens | katters | katternas |
Derived terms
cat
- angorakatt
- apekatt
- bondkatt
- en katt bland hermelinerna
- ginstkatt
- gipskatt
- gå som katten kring het gröt
- hankatt
- havskatt
- honkatt
- huskatt
- i mörkret är alla katter grå
- innekatt
- inte en katt
- katt-och-råtta-lek
- kattaktig
- kattdjur
- kattens lek med råttan
- kattkräk
- kattlucka
- kattmat
- katträv
- kattsand
- kattskrälle
- kattstrypare
- kattunge
- kissekatt
- klockarkatt
- lekatt
- lokatt
- lussekatt
- marskatt
- mästerkatt
- niosvansad katt
- något som katten släpat in
- när katten är borta, dansar råttorna på bordet
- osa katt
- perserkatt
- porslinskatt
- raskatt
- siameskatt
- sibetkatt
- skeppskatt
- skogskatt
- solkatt
- sommarkatt
- strykarkatt
- sällskapskatt
- tamkatt
- utekatt
- vildkatt
minced oath
Related terms
See also
- fräsa (“hiss”)
- huggtand (“fang”)
- husdjur (“pet”)
- jama (“to meow”)
- kattlucka (“cat flap”)
- kattlåda (“litter box”)
- kattmat (“cat food”)
- kattsand (“cat litter”)
- kiss (“here, kitty, kitty!”)
- klappa (“to pet”)
- klo (“a claw”)
- klösa (“scratch, claw”)
- mjau (“meow (interjection)”)
- morrhår (“whisker”)
- nos (“nose (of an animal)”)
- päls (“fur”)
- resa ragg (“to bristle”)
- spinna (“purr”)
- svans (“tail”)
- tass (“paw”)
- trampdyna (“(paw) pad”)