nat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nat"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

nat (plural nats)

1. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 175:

     They greatly dread evil "Nats" or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness.

Etymology 2

Reduced form of naught.

Adverb

nat (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Not. [14th–17th c.]
   • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:

     And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of natural logarithm.

Noun

nat (plural nats)

1. A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.

Synonyms

• nit, nepit

See also

• bit, nat, qubit

Etymology 4

Noun

nat (plural nats)

1. (colloquial, US) Clipping of natatorium.

Anagrams

• -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NTA, TAN, TNA, Tan, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., tan

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin nātus (“born”). Compare Romanian nat (“personal, individual”).

Noun

nat m

1. child

Related terms

• nascu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nat, from Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈnat]
• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

nat (feminine nada, masculine plural nats, feminine plural nades)

1. born

   Synonym: nascut

Derived terms

• nounat

References

• “nat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “nat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nat, from Old Norse nátt, nótt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nad̥/

Noun

nat c (singular definite natten, plural indefinite nætter)

1. night (period between sunset and sunrise)

Declension

Declension of nat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nat	natten	nætter	nætterne
genitive	nats	nattens	nætters	nætternes

Derived terms

• natlig

Further reading

• “nat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nat, from Old Dutch nat, from Proto-West Germanic *nat, from Proto-Germanic *nataz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑt/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: nat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Adjective

nat (comparative natter, superlative natst)

1. wet

   Na de regen was het gras nat en modderig.

   After the rain, the grass was wet and muddy.

   Trek een jas aan, anders word je nat in de regen.

   Put on a coat, or you'll get wet in the rain.

   De hond kwam terug van zijn wandeling met natte poten.

   The dog came back from his walk with wet paws.

   We moesten schuilen voor de natte sneeuw.

   We had to take shelter from the wet snow.

   De kinderen kwamen binnen met natte kleren na het spelen in de regen.

   The children came inside with wet clothes after playing in the rain.

Inflection

Inflection of nat
uninflected	nat
inflected	natte
comparative	natter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		nat	natter	het natst het natste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	natte	nattere	natste
	n. sing.	nat	natter	natste
	plural	natte	nattere	natste
definite		natte	nattere	natste
partitive		nats	natters	—

Antonyms

• droog

Derived terms

• doornat
• natregenen
• nattevingerwerk
• zeiknat

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: nati
• Negerhollands: nat
• Skepi Creole Dutch: nat
• → Aukan: nati

Noun

nat n (uncountable)

1. moisture

Derived terms

• gerstenat
• vleesnat

 

Jingpho

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat˧˩/

Verb

nat

1. to burn

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t) (“ill; evil spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat˥˥/

Noun

nat

1. ghost; god; spirit

References

• Xu, Xijian (徐悉艰), Xiao, Jiacheng (肖家成), Yue, Xiangkun (岳相昆), Dai, Qingxia (戴庆厦) (1983 December) “nat”, in 景汉辞典 [Jingpho-Chinese Dictionary], Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, page 557

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nat/, [nät̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nat/, [nät̪]

Verb

nat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of nō

Maia

Noun

nat

1. rain

Middle English

Adverb

nat

1. Alternative form of not
   • 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, Boethius and Troilus

     And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing to ben other weyes thanne it is, it is nat only unscience, but it is deceivable opinioun ful diverse and fer fro the sothe of science.

Noun

nat

1. Alternative form of not

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːt/

Verb

nāt

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of nytan

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts.

Noun

nāt f

1. night

Declension

Declension of nāt (consonant stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nāt	nāttin	nǣtter	nǣtrina(r), -rena(r)
accusative	nāt	nāttina, -ena	nǣtter	nǣtrina(r), -rena(r)
dative	nāt	nāttinni, -inne	nāttum, -om	nāttumin, -omen
genitive	nātta(r)	inna(r)	nātta	nāttanna

Descendants

• Swedish: natt

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”). The meaning in Romanian developed from that of "offspring" or "progeny" in relation to the parent. Compare Aromanian nat (“child”), also Occitan nada (“girl”).

Noun

nat m (plural nați)

1. (uncommon, popular) person, individual

   Synonyms: om, persoană, individ, ins

2. (uncommon, popular) kinsman, relative

   Synonyms: rudă, rudenie

Declension

Declension of nat

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nat	natul	(niște) nați	nații
genitive/dative	(unui) nat	natului	(unor) nați	naților
vocative	natule		naților

Related terms

• naște

Singpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t).

Noun

nat

1. spirit

References

• Stephen Morey, The Singpho Agentive – Functions and Meanings (2012), p. 12

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nätʰ/

Adjective

nat

1. deep

   ti nat uk'ume ― the deep stream

Related terms

(Verbs)

• natij

(Adjectives)

• natik

(Adjectives & Nouns)

• natil

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English nat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nat/

Adverb

nat

1. not
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Gooude var nat oan dhing, niether treesh ar thraame;

     Good for not one thing; neither for the trace, nor the car.

Derived terms

• nad (“had not”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58