catt
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *kattuz. Cognate with Old Saxon katto, Old Norse kǫttr, Old High German kazzo. A related word also existed in the Germanic languages with the feminine gender, represented in Old English by catte. The word appears to be related to Late Latin cattus as well as to similar words in the Slavic and Celtic languages, but the ultimate source is uncertain. See cat for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catt m
- cat
- Hēo hrīemþ. Iċ hrīeme. Sē catt hrīemþ.
- She screams. I scream. The cat screams.
Declension edit
Declension of catt (strong a-stem)
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *kattos, either borrowed from or cognate with Latin cattus, which is possibly from Afroasiatic, but see cat for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catt m (genitive caitt)
- cat
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 10
- catt ab eo quod est cattus
- catt from that which is cattus
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 10
Inflection edit
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | catt | cattL | caittL |
| Vocative | caitt | cattL | cattuH |
| Accusative | cattN | cattL | cattuH |
| Genitive | caittL | catt | cattN |
| Dative | cattL | cattaib | cattaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| catt | chatt | catt pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “catt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language