Àgata

See also: Appendix:Variations of "agata"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ɣə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.ɣa.ta]

Proper noun

Àgata f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Agatha

   Synonym: Àgueda

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Àjita (unstressed /a/ turns to [ɪ])
• Jàjita (diphthongized, dialectal)
• Agata, Ajita, Aita (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”). Cognate with Catalan Àgata and Àgueda, Italian Agata, Romagnol Êgta, Portuguese Ágata, Spanish Águeda. Compare the same phono-morphological output also for zàgara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.a.ta/, [ˈa.ɡa.ta], [ˈa.ɪ.ta], [ˈja-]
• Hyphenation: À‧ga‧ta

Proper noun

Àgata

1. a female given name from Latin, of historical and religious usage, equivalent to English Agatha

Coordinate terms

• (male variants): Tinu, Jitinu, Agatinu, Ajitinu, Jajitinu

Derived terms

• Agatina
• agatina
• agatinu
• Ajitina
• Jajitina
• Jitina
• sant'Àgata
• sant'Àjita
• Santagati
• Tina

Descendants

• Italian: Aita, sant'Aita (regional, eye dialect)