katta

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See also: Katta, kättä, and kattā

Icelandic

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

katta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of köttur

Italian

Noun

katta m (invariable)

  1. ring-tailed lemur
    Synonyms: lemure catta, lemure dalla coda ad anelli

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

katta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of katte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

katta f

  1. definite singular of katte

Old Saxon

Etymology

Common to West and North Germanic: cognate with Old English catte, Old Frisian katte, Middle Dutch katte) (Dutch kat), Old High German kazza (German Katze), Old Norse ketta (Swedish katta). The word existed in the Germanic languages in a masculine gender also, represented in Old Saxon by katto. 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.

Pronunciation

Noun

katta f

  1. a female cat

Declension

Declension of katta (feminine n-stem)
singular plural
nominative katta kattun, kattan, katton
accusative kattun, kattan, katton kattun, kattan, katton
genitive kattun, kattan, katton kattono
dative kattun, kattan, katton kattun, kattan, katton
instrumental — —


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: katte

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Noun

katta

  1. vocative singular of kattar

Swedish

Noun

katta c

  1. a female cat

Declension

Declension of katta
nominative genitive
singular indefinite katta kattas
definite kattan kattans
plural indefinite kattor kattors
definite kattorna kattornas

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References

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Uzbek

Adjective

katta (comparative kattaroq, superlative eng katta)

  1. big
  2. large
  3. huge

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kattadak.

Verb

katta

  1. to cover
  2. to roof

Inflection

Inflection of katta (inflection type 13/maksta)
1st infinitive katta
present indic. katab
past indic. katoi
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		imperative
1st singular katan katoin —
2nd singular katad katoid kata
3rd singular katab katoi katkaha
1st plural katam katoim katkam
2nd plural katat katoit katkat
3rd plural kattas
kataba 		katoiba katkaha
sing. conneg.1 kata katand kata
plur. conneg. katkoi katnugoi katkoi
present
conditional 		past
conditional 		potential
1st singular kataižin katnuižin katnen
2nd singular kataižid katnuižid katned
3rd singular kataiži katnuiži katneb
1st plural kataižim katnuižim katnem
2nd plural kataižit katnuižit katnet
3rd plural kataižiba katnuižiba katneba
connegative kataiži katnuiži katne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive katta
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive kattes inessive katmas
instructive katten illative katmaha
participles elative katmaspäi
present active katai adessive katmal
past active katnu abessive katmat
past passive kattud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kattadak.

Pronunciation

Verb

katta

  1. (transitive) to cover
  2. (transitive) to roof

Inflection

Conjugation of katta (type III-4/ellä, tt-t gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular katan en kata 1st singular õõn kattõnnu en õõ kattõnnu
2nd singular katad ed kata 2nd singular õõd kattõnnu ed õõ kattõnnu
3rd singular katab eb kata 3rd singular on kattõnnu eb õõ kattõnnu
1st plural katammõ emmä kata 1st plural õõmmõ kattõnnu emmä õõ kattõnnu
2nd plural katattõ että kata 2nd plural õõttõ kattõnnu että õõ kattõnnu
3rd plural katõta eväd kata 3rd plural õlla katõttu eväd õõ katõttu
impersonal katõta eväd kata impersonal õlla katõttu eväd õõ katõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular katõn en kattõnnu 1st singular õlin kattõnnu —
2nd singular katõd ed kattõnnu 2nd singular õlid kattõnnu —
3rd singular kattõ eb kattõnnu 3rd singular õli kattõnnu —
1st plural katõmmõ emmä kattõnnu 1st plural õlimmõ kattõnnu —
2nd plural katõttõ että kattõnnu 2nd plural õlittõ kattõnnu —
3rd plural katõtti eväd katõttu 3rd plural õlti katõttu —
impersonal katõtti eväd katõttu impersonal õlti katõttu —
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular kattaizin en kattaizʹ 1st singular õllõizin kattõnnu en õllõizʹ kattõnnu
2nd singular kattaizid ed kattaizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid kattõnnu ed õllõizʹ kattõnnu
3rd singular kattaizʹ eb kattaizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ kattõnnu eb õllõizʹ kattõnnu
1st plural kattaizimmõ emmä kattaizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ kattõnnu emmä õllõizʹ kattõnnu
2nd plural kattaizittõ että kattaizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ kattõnnu että õllõizʹ kattõnnu
3rd plural katõttaizʹ eväd katõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ katõttu eväd õltaizʹ katõttu
impersonal katõttaizʹ eväd katõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ katõttu eväd õltaizʹ katõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular — —
2nd singular kata elä kata
3rd singular kattõgo1) elko kattõgo1)
1st plural — —
2nd plural kattõga elka kattõga
3rd plural kattõgod1) —
impersonal — —
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st katta present kattõjõ2) —
2nd illative kattõma past kattõnnu katõttu
inessive kattõmõz 1) using la is more common
2) also used as the agent noun
elative kattõmõssõ
abessive kattõmõttõ

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kattaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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