κάττα
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- κάτα (káta) (medieval)
Etymology edit
Per Babiniotis, borrowed into Koiné Greek from Late Latin catta (“female cat”);[1] see there for further information. Per Beekes,[2] of unknown origin, but related to the Latin counterpart as well as cognates in various other European languages.
Pronunciation edit
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkat.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkat.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.ta/
Noun edit
κάττα • (kátta) f (genitive κάττης); first declension (Koine, Byzantine)
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ hē kátta |
τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ káttā |
αἱ κᾰ́τται hai káttai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κᾰ́ττης tês káttēs |
τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν toîn káttain |
τῶν κᾰττῶν tôn kattôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κᾰ́ττῃ têi káttēi |
τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν toîn káttain |
ταῖς κᾰ́τταις taîs káttais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κᾰ́ττᾰν tḕn káttan |
τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ káttā |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ττᾱς tā̀s káttās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́ττᾰ kátta |
κᾰ́ττᾱ káttā |
κᾰ́τται káttai | ||||||||||
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Related terms edit
- κάττος (káttos) (the masculine equivalent)
Descendants edit
- Mariupol Greek: ка́та (káta)
References edit
- ^ lemma "γάτα' - κάττα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “κάττα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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