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English
Conjunction
zat
- Pronunciation spelling of that (usually signifying a foreign accent, often French).
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Contraction
zat
- Alternative form of izzat
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic ذَات (ḏāt). Doublet of zad.
Noun
zat (definite accusative zatı, plural zatlar) (archaic)
- origin, background
- Synonyms: əsil, mənşə, kök
- person, individual
- Synonyms: adam, şəxs, sima
- self, identity
- Synonyms: öz, özü
- being, essence, substance, nature
- Synonyms: varlıq, mahiyyət
Declension
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch sat, from Old Dutch *sat, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-. Compare German satt, English sad, Danish sat.
Adjective
zat (comparative zatter, superlative zatst)
- having had enough, having had it up to here, fed up
Ik ben het zat!- I'm fed up with this!
- drunk, tipsy
- Synonyms: dronken, kachel
Na het feest kwam hij zat thuis.- After the party he came home drunk.
- sated, full
- Synonyms: vol, verzadigd, voldaan
Hij at tot hij zat was.- He ate until he was full.
Declension
Derived terms
Determiner
zat
- (informal) plenty
- Synonym: genoeg
Ik heb nog zat aardappels hier.- I still have plenty of potatoes here.
Adverb
zat
- (informal) enough
- Synonym: genoeg
Het is al erg zat dat mijn wasmachine kapot is, en nu mijn vaatwasser ook al!- It's bad enough that my washing machine is broken, and now my dishwasher too!
Usage notes
- As an adverb, zat follows the adjective or adverb that it qualifies.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
zat
- singular past indicative of zitten
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay zat, dat, from Classical Malay zat, dat, dzat, dhat, from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt, “being, essence, substance, nature”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
zat (plural zat-zat, first-person possessive zatku, second-person possessive zatmu, third-person possessive zatnya)
- substance, material, physical matter.
Compounds
References
- ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ذات, from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).
Noun
zat (definite accusative zatı, plural zatlar or (archaic) zevat)
- person, individual
- essence
Declension
References
Turkmen
Etymology
From Arabic ذَات (ḏāt, “being, essence, substance, nature”).
Noun
zat (definite accusative zaty, plural zatlar)
- thing
Declension