ات

See also: آت, آپ, أب, آب, and اب

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /.aːt/

Suffix

ـَات • (-āt)

1. Suffix used to pluralize feminine nouns and adjectives ending in ـَة (-a).
2. Suffix used to pluralize non-human nouns.

Azerbaijani

Noun

ات (ət) (definite accusative اتی (əti), plural اتلر (ətlər))

1. Arabic spelling of ət (“meat”)

Declension

Declension of ات

	singular	plural
nominative	ات	اتلر
definite accusative	اتی	اتلری
dative	اته	اتلره
locative	اتده	اتلرده
ablative	اتدن	اتلردن
definite genitive	اتین	اتلرین

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *erti, cognate with Turkish idi, Kazakh еді (edı). See also Proto-Turkic *-ti.

Verb

اَتِ (eti)

1. (Volga Bulgar) was, were

   Synonym: اج (eçi)

References

• A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 164 [1]
• Tekin, Talât (1988), Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 182-183

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic ـَات (-āt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːt/, [ˈæːt]

Suffix

ـات • (-āt)

1. Forms sound plurals of feminine nouns

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Arabic تَـ (ta-), prefix of form V and form VI verbs (see Appendix:Arabic verbs#Form V), with a prosthetic vowel i- inserted.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /it/, [ɪt]
• IPA^(key): /id/, [ɪd] (voice-assimilated)
• IPA^(key): /i/, [ɪ] (optionally before any plosive except ʕ, geminates following plosive)
• IPA^(key): /itt/, [ɪtː] (before vowels)

Prefix

اتـ or اتّـ • (it- or itt-)

1. Forms passive forms of verbs

   ‎اتـ + ‎اكل (akal, “to eat”) → ‎اتّاكل (ittākil, “to be eaten”)

   ‎اتـ + ‎قتل (ʕatal, “to kill”) → ‎اتقتل (itʕatal, “to be killed”)

   ‎اتـ + ‎جنّ (gann, “to drive crazy”) → ‎اتجن (itgan, “to go crazy”)

Alternative forms

• إتـ (alternative spelling)

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta).

Pronoun

اتَّ (ʔitta) m

1. you (masculine singular subject pronoun)

   Alternative form: إِنْتَ (ʔinta)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Arabic أَنْتِ (ʔanti).

Pronoun

اتِّ (ʔitti) f

1. you (feminine singular subject pronoun)

   Alternative forms: إِنْتِ (ʔinti), إِتِّي (ʔitti), إنتي (ʔinti)

References

• Dictionary of Baghdadi Dialect by Sheikh Jalal Al-Hanafi, part 1, page 65.

Karakhanid

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃 (at, “horse”), Chuvash ут (ut), Khalaj hat, Turkish at (“horse”), Uzbek ot, Bashkir ат (at) and Yakut ат (at).

Noun

اَتْ (at)

1. horse

   قوُشْ قَنَتِنْ اَرْ اَتِنْ ― Quš qanatïn er atïn. ― The bird with its wings, the man with his horse.

Related terms

• اَتْلَنْماقْ (atlānmāq)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”).

Cognate with Turkish et, Bashkir ит (it) and Yakut эт (et).

Noun

اَتْ (et)

1. meat, flesh

   اُلْ اَتْ آسْدٖى ― Ol et asdï̄. ― He hung up meat.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ot (“grass”).

Cognate with Chuvash утӑ (ut̬ă), Turkish ot, Bashkir ут (ut) and Yakut от (ot).

Noun

اُتْ (ot)

1. grass, vegetation, herbs, weeds

   اُتْ اُنْدٖى ― Ot ündī. ― The grass grew.

2. (medicine) medicine

   اُتْ اِجْتِمْ ― Ot ičtim. ― I drank the medicine.

3. poison

   بَكْ اَنْكارْ اُتْ بٖيرْدٖى ― Beg aŋār ot bḗrdī. ― The beg gave him poison.

Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ï̄t (“dog”).

Cognate with Chuvash йытӑ (jyt̬ă), Turkish it, Bashkir эт (et) and Yakut ыт (ït).

Noun

اِتْ (ït)

1. dog

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 32-34

Further reading

• Mahmud al-Kashgari (1072–1074), Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the Compendium of the Languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 34-35.

Khalaj

Noun

اَت (ət) (definite accusative اَتی, plural اَتلَر)

1. Arabic spelling of ət (“flesh, meat”)

Declension

Declension of ات

	singular	plural
nominative	ات	اتلَر
genitive	اتۆݧ	اتلَریݧ
dative	اتکه	اتلَرکه
definite accusative	اتۆ	اتلَری
locative	اتچه	اتلَرچه
ablative	اتده	اتلَرده
instrumental	اتله	اتلَرله
equative	اتواره	اتلَرواره

Kyrgyz

Noun

ات • (at)

1. Arabic spelling of ат (at).

Ottoman Turkish

ات

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”).

Noun

ات • (et)

1. meat; flesh

Derived terms

• ات صویو (et suyu)
• ات قوردو (et kurdu)
• اتسز (etsiz)
• دیش اتی (diş eti, “gum, gingiva”)
• قره ات (kara et)
• گیك اتی (geyik eti)

Etymology 2

Noun

ات • (it)

1. alternative spelling of ایت (it, “dog”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic ـَات (-āt).

Suffix

ـات • (-āt) f pl

1. Feminine plural suffix

Usage notes

• Most feminine nouns take this plural suffix, but some are irregular (“broken plural”).
• There are also some masculine nouns, especially loanwords, that take this suffix.

See also

• Feminine ending: ـة (-e/-a)
• Masculine plural suffix for nouns referring to people: ـين (-īn)