kåt
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"
North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian katte (cognates include Föhr-Amrum North Frisian kaat and West Frisian kat), from Late Latin cattus (“domestic cat”), from Latin catta, from Afroasiatic; see English cat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kåt f (plural kåte)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish kāter, from Old Norse kátr, from Proto-Germanic *kanhtaz. Cognate with Danish kåd, Norwegian Bokmål kåt and Norwegian Nynorsk kåt. Possibly also related to Latin gaudeō (“I rejoice”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kåt (comparative kåtare, superlative kåtast)
- (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) horny (sexually aroused)
- Synonym: (humorous) pilsk (“randy”)
- (by extension, colloquial) who wants something very bad
- Sluta vara så jävla kåt på bollen och försvara istället!
- Stop fucking hogging the ball and defend instead!
- (obsolete) (excessively) full of vitality, lively, giddy
- (obsolete) happy, ebullient
Declension edit
Inflection of kåt | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | kåt | kåtare | kåtast |
Neuter singular | kåt | kåtare | kåtast |
Plural | kåta | kåtare | kåtast |
Masculine plural3 | kåte | kåtare | kåtast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | kåte | kåtare | kåtaste |
All | kåta | kåtare | kåtaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
(horny): kåtbock (“horndog”), kåtslag
(who wants something very bad): bollkåt, målkåt
Related terms edit
See also edit
- brunstig (“in heat, rutting”)
References edit
- kåt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kåt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kåt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kåt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)