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*) Some dialects don't use the oblique plural form, instead using the nominative plural.
References
A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “ка́та”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN
G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса, Donetsk, page 73
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Etymology
Related to Middle Armenianգաթայ(gatʻay). According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from Armenian: compare especially the Karabakh dialect form քաթա(kʻatʻa).
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաթայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 500
Schiefner, Anton (1863) “k̔at̔a”, in Versuch über die Sprache der Uden (Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences de St.-Pétérsbourg, VII-e serie; t. VI. no. 8) (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 83b