κάττα

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Per Babiniotis, borrowed into Koiné Greek from Late Latin catta (female cat); see there for further information.[1]

Per Beekes, of unknown ultimate origin, but related to the Latin counterpart as well as cognates in various other European languages.[2]

Replaced αἴλουρος (aílouros) in later usage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κάττα (káttaf (genitive κάττης); first declension (Koine, Byzantine)

  1. cat
    Synonym: αἴλουρος (aílouros)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Mariupol Greek: ка́та (káta)

References

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  1. ^ lemma "γάτα' - κάττα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάττα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 657

Further reading

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