katt
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Related to kaas (“cover, top”), katma (“to cover”).
Noun edit
katt (genitive katu, partitive kattu)
Declension edit
| Declension of katt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | katt | katud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | katu | ||
| genitive | 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 | |
Livonian edit
Alternative forms edit
- kattõ (Courland)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kattadak.
Verb edit
katt
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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)
- a cat
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “katt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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)
- a cat
- a cat-o'-nine-tails
Derived terms edit
- angorakatt
- apekatt
- bakgardskatt
- få katten
- gje katten i
- grakatt
- hannkatt
- havkatt
- hokatt
- huskatt
- ikkje for katten
- kattaktig
- kattauge
- katte
- kattebjørn
- kattedyr
- kattefamilie
- kattefot
- kattehale
- katteklo
- katteknipe
- kattelabb
- kattemat
- kattemjuk
- kattemusikk
- kattemynte
- kattepest
- kattepus
- katteskinn
- katteslekt
- kattestein
- kattesylv
- kattesølv
- katteurt
- kattevask
- kattevoren
- kattfisk
- kattgaupe
- kattost
- kattugle
- kattunge
- kosekatt
- laupekatt
- lussekatt
- marekatt
- panterkatt
- pusekatt
- rasekatt
- røyskatt
- skipskatt
- skogkatt
- svartkatt
- tamkatt
- trollkatt
- villkatt
Related terms edit
References edit
- “katt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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
Noun edit
katt c
- a cat
- Synonyms: (endearing) kisse, (endearing) kissekatt, (endearing) kissemiss, (endearing) misse, murre, kissemurre
- 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"]?
- 1974, James & Karin (lyrics and music), “Skaffa katt [Get a cat]”, in Barnlåtar [Children's songs]:
- Nu är det dags att skaffa katt igen. Det var så länge sedan sist. Nu är det dags att skaffa katt igen. Det känns så tomt och trist. Det var nog säkert flera år sen sist. Nu är det dags att skaffa katt igen. Mjau, mjau, mjau, mjau, mjau.
- Now it's time to get a cat again. It was so long ago [so long ago since last (time)]. Now it's time to get a cat again. It feels so empty and sad. It was probably several years ago [several years ago since last (time)]. Now it's time to get a cat again. Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
- (slang) a sexually attractive woman
- (rare) a cat-o'-nine-tails
- Synonym: niosvansad katt
- (minced oath, in the definite "katten", in certain expressions) Euphemistic 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
- angorakatt
- apekatt
- bondkatt
- en katt bland hermelinerna
- ginstkatt
- gipskatt
- gå som katten kring het gröt
- hankatt
- havskatt
- honkatt
- huskatt
- i mörkret är alla katter grå
- innekatt
- inte en katt
- katt-och-råtta-lek
- kattaktig
- kattdjur
- kattens lek med råttan
- kattkräk
- kattlucka
- kattmat
- katträv
- kattsand
- kattskrälle
- kattstrypare
- kattunge
- kissekatt
- klockarkatt
- lekatt
- lokatt
- lussekatt
- marskatt
- mästerkatt
- niosvansad katt
- något som katten släpat in
- när katten är borta, dansar råttorna på bordet
- osa katt
- perserkatt
- porslinskatt
- raskatt
- siameskatt
- sibetkatt
- skeppskatt
- skogskatt
- solkatt
- sommarkatt
- strykarkatt
- sällskapskatt
- tamkatt
- utekatt
- vildkatt
minced oath
Related terms edit
See also edit
- fräsa (“hiss”)
- huggtand (“fang”)
- husdjur (“pet”)
- jama (“to meow”)
- kattlucka (“cat flap”)
- kattlåda (“litter box”)
- kattmat (“cat food”)
- kattsand (“cat litter”)
- kiss (“here, kitty, kitty!”)
- klappa (“to pet”)
- klo (“a claw”)
- klösa (“scratch, claw”)
- mjau (“meow (interjection)”)
- morrhår (“whisker”)
- nos (“nose (of an animal)”)
- päls (“fur”)
- resa ragg (“to bristle”)
- spinna (“purr”)
- svans (“tail”)
- tass (“paw”)
- trampdyna (“(paw) pad”)