fatta

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Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fʌtˈtʌ/
  • Hyphenation: fat‧ta

Noun[edit]

fattá f 

  1. gratitude

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Danish fatte.[1]

Verb[edit]

fatta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fattaði, supine fattað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to get, catch on, take in

References[edit]

  1. ^ “On Icelandic”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 6 September 2011, archived from the original on 2014-03-08

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfat.ta/
  • Rhymes: -atta
  • Syllabification: fàt‧ta

Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fatta f sg

  1. feminine singular of fatto

Participle[edit]

fatta f sg

  1. feminine singular of fatto

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

fatta f (plural fatte)

  1. type, kind
  2. droppings; animal excrement

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfatːa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -atːa
  • Hyphenation: fat‧ta

Verb[edit]

fatta

  1. simple past and past participle of fatte

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German vāten, from Old Saxon *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną. Cognate with Danish fatte, Norwegian Bokmål fatte, Dutch vatten and German fassen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fatta

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fatt.

Verb[edit]

fatta (present fattar, preterite fattade, supine fattat, imperative fatta)

  1. to grasp, take (hold in one's hand); the concrete meaning of grasp
    Han fattade spaden och började gräva
    He grabbed the shovel and started digging
  2. to take (a decision, a fancy), acquire (a taste for something); various abstract meanings of grasp
    att fatta ett beslut
    to make a decision
    Han fattade tycke för deras kebabsås
    He took a liking to their kebab sauce
  3. to understand, comprehend; another abstract meaning of grasp
    Jag fattar inte vad du säger
    I don't understand what you're saying
  4. (passive) to be missing
    Det fattas två skruvar
    Two screws are missing

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of fatta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive fatta fattas
Supine fattat fattats
Imperative fatta —
Imper. plural1 fatten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative fattar fattade fattas fattades
Ind. plural1 fatta fattade fattas fattades
Subjunctive2 fatte fattade fattes fattades
Participles
Present participle fattande
Past participle fattad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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