кат

See also: қат and кӑт

Belarusian

Etymology

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognate with Russian кат (kat).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kat]

• Audio:

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Noun

1. executioner

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• “кат” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/

Noun

кат • (kat) m

1. (colloquial) storey, floor
2. (colloquial) layer, thickness, fold, ply
3. (colloquial) a set of clothes, a suit, a change

Synonyms

• (storey): етаж (etaž)
• (layer): слой (sloj), пласт (plast)
• (set of clothes): чифт (čift)

Adverb

кат • (kat)

1. (poetic) like, as

Synonyms

• като (kato)

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Kyrgyz

Noun

кат • (kat) (Arabic spelling قات)

1. letter (written message)

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ.

Noun

кат • (kat) m (plural катови, diminutive катче)

1. corner

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

Noun

кат • (kat) m

1. floor, storey (level)

Synonyms

• спрат (sprat)

Inflection

Declension of кат

	singular	plural
indefinite	кат	катови
definite unspecified	катот	катовите
definite proximal	катов	катовиве
definite distal	катон	катовине
vocative	кату	катови
count form	—	ката

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Russian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kat]

• Audio:

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Noun

кат • (kat) m anim or m inan (genitive ка́та, nominative plural ка́ты, genitive plural ка́тов)

1. (historical) executioner
2. (nautical) cat

   кат-ба́лка ― kat-bálka ― cathead

3. (botany) khat
4. (computing) cut (livejournal cut, <lj-cut>, which allows you to hide all or part of your entry behind a link)

Declension

Declension of кат (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́т kát	ка́ты káty
genitive	ка́та káta	ка́тов kátov
dative	ка́ту kátu	ка́там kátam
accusative animate inanimate	ка́та káta	ка́тов kátov
	ка́т kát	ка́ты káty
instrumental	ка́том kátom	ка́тами kátami
prepositional	ка́те káte	ка́тах kátax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кат”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kât/

Noun

ка̏т m (Latin spelling kȁt)

1. (Croatia) floor, story

Declension

Declension of кат

	singular	plural
nominative	kat	katovi
genitive	kata	katova
dative	katu	katovima
accusative	kat	katove
vocative	kate	katovi
locative	katu	katovima
instrumental	katom	katovima

Synonyms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): sprȁt

References

• “кат” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognate to Polish kat, Czech kat, Slovak kat, Upper Sorbian kat and Lower Sorbian kat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kat]

Noun

1. executioner
2. (figurative) a ruthless killer, a butcher