gât

See also: gat, Gat, gát, gắt, and -gat

Emilian

Etymology

Cognate with Italian gatto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːt/

Noun

gât m (feminine singular gâta, masculine plural gât, feminine plural gâti)

1. cat

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Either from earlier gâlt, from Proto-Slavic *gъltъ, related to *glъtati (“to swallow, devour”) (compare Slovene golt), or from Latin guttura, which may have resulted in a plural form *gâturi, reduced to gât as a singular form through analogy. Compare French goitre. It is also possible that it may derive from the Latin singular form, guttur, itself. Compare guturai, which preserved the original u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɨt/

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• Rhymes: -ɨt

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Noun

gât n (plural gâturi)

1. throat
2. neck

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gât	gâtul	gâturi	gâturile
genitive-dative	gât	gâtului	gâturi	gâturilor
vocative	gâtule		gâturilor

Derived terms

• gâtar
• gâtos
• gâtui

See also

• gâlt
• gâtlan
• gâtlej
• gușă
• guturai

Welsh

Alternative forms

• giât, iet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English gate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːt/

Noun

gât f (plural gatiau)

1. gate

   Synonyms: llidiart, clwyd

Derived terms

• gât tyrpeg (“turnpike gate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gât

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gât	unchanged△	ngât	unchanged

^△Irregular.

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gât”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies