katt

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to kaas (“cover, top”), katma (“to cover”).

Noun[edit]

katt (genitive katu, partitive kattu)

  1. calculus, sordes

Declension[edit]

Declension of katt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative katt katud
accusative katu katud
genitive katu kattude
partitive kattu katte
kattusid
illative kattu
katusse 		kattudesse
katesse
inessive katus kattudes
kates
elative katust kattudest
katest
allative katule kattudele
katele
adessive katul kattudel
katel
ablative katult kattudelt
katelt
translative katuks kattudeks
kateks
terminative katuni kattudeni
essive katuna kattudena
abessive katuta kattudeta
comitative katuga kattudega
Notes

    1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Livonian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *kattadak.

Verb[edit]

katt

  1. cover

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

katt m (definite singular katten, indefinite plural katter, definite plural kattene)

  1. a cat

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta. The second sense is a semantic loan from English cat-o'-nine-tails.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

katt m (definite singular katten, indefinite plural kattar, definite plural kattane)

  2. a cat
  4. a cat-o'-nine-tails

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish katter, from Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta.[1]

Usage as a minced oath due to the association in folklore between cats and the forces of darkness.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkatː/
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  • Rhymes: -atː

Noun[edit]

katt c

  1. a cat
    Synonyms: (endearing) kisse, (endearing) kissekatt, (endearing) kissemiss, (endearing) misse
    • 1971, “Lille katt [Little cat]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music):
      Lille katt, lille katt, lille söte katta. Vet du att, vet du att, det är mörkt om natta?
      Little [the optional -e signifies a male] cat, little cat, little cute cat ["the cat" – roughly "You little cute cat." "Katten" in standard Swedish. Takes place in Småland.] Do you know that, do you know that, it is dark at night ["natten" (the night) in standard Swedish – "om natten" means "at night"]?
  2. (slang) a sexually attractive woman
  3. (rare) a cat-o'-nine-tails
    Synonym: niosvansad katt
  4. (minced oath, in certain expressions) Alternative form of fan

Declension[edit]

Declension of katt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative katt katten katter katterna
Genitive katts kattens katters katternas

Derived terms[edit]

cat
minced oath

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ katt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams[edit]

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