Wiktionary

kat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

kat

  1. Symbol for katal, an SI unit of measurement of catalytic activity.
  2. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Georgian.

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

kat (plural kats)

  1. An ancient Egyptian unit of weight, one fiftieth of an avoirdupois pound.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

kat (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of khat

Anagrams edit

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch kat.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kat/, [kɐt], [kät]
  • Audio(file)

Noun edit

kat (plural katte)

  1. cat

Descendants edit

  • → Xhosa: ikati
  • → Zulu: ikati

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

Noun edit

kat m (plural kate, definite kati, definite plural katet)

  1. floor, storey

Declension edit

Declension of kat
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kat kate kati katet
accusative katin
dative kati kateve katit katevet
ablative katesh

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kat m anim

  1. executioner
    Synonym: popravčí

Declension edit

Declension of kat (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative kat kati, katové
genitive kata katů
dative katovi, katu katům
accusative kata katy
vocative kate kati, katové
locative katovi, katu katech
instrumental katem katy

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • kat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

  1. cat
Inflection edit
Declension of kat
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kat katten katte kattene
genitive kats kattens kattes kattenes
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kat c (singular definite katten, not used in plural form)

  1. khat

Further reading edit

Dutch edit

 
Een kat likt haar vacht. — A cat is licking its fur.

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch catte, from Old Dutch *katta, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Latin catta, feminine of cattus.

Noun edit

kat f (plural katten, diminutive katje n, masculine kater or mannetjeskat)

  1. domestic cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus
    Synonyms: dakhaas, poes
  2. (by extension) feline
    Synonym: katachtige
  3. female cat
    Synonyms: kattin, poes
  4. (historical) cat, tortoise (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; medieval siege weapon)
    Synonym: schildpad
  5. (military) cavalier (raised firing platform)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: kat
  • Jersey Dutch: kāt
  • Negerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kat

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

kat

  1. inflection of katten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

kat m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of qat

Further reading edit

  • “kat” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Anagrams edit

Haitian Creole edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French quatre (“four”).

Numeral edit

kat

  1. four

Etymology 2 edit

From French carte (“map”).

Noun edit

kat

  1. map

Louisiana Creole edit

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : kat
    Ordinal : katriyèmm

Etymology edit

Inherited from French quatre (“four”).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

kat

  1. four

Malay edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of dekat.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

kat

  1. (informal) Alternative form of dekat.

Further reading edit

Mauritian Creole edit

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : kat
    Ordinal : katriem

Etymology edit

From French quatre.

Numeral edit

kat

  1. four

Derived terms edit

Northern Kurdish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kat ?

  1. sprout, growth

Derived terms edit

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology edit

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognate to Czech kat, Slovak kat, Upper Sorbian kat and Lower Sorbian kat.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kat m pers

  1. executioner, hangman, headsman
    Synonym: oprawca
    Ku rozczarowaniu tłumu egzekucję na rynku odwołano z powodu choroby kata. ― To the disappointment of the crowd, the execution was cancelled due to the executioner's illness.
  2. (figurative) torturer, tormentor
    Synonym: oprawca

Declension edit

Declension of kat
singular plural
nominative kat kaci/katy
genitive kata katów
dative katu/katowi katom
accusative kata katów
instrumental katem katami
locative kacie katach
vocative kacie kaci/katy

Derived terms edit

adjectives
nouns
verbs

Noun edit

kat m animal

  1. three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
    Synonyms: ciernik, kolka, czart

Declension edit

Declension of kat
singular plural
nominative kat katy
genitive kata katów
dative katowi katom
accusative kata katy
instrumental katem katami
locative kacie katach
vocative kacie katy

Further reading edit

  • kat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani edit

Etymology edit

  1. Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kattiyā),[1] 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (kattiya),[2] from Sanskrit कर्त्त्री (karttrī).[1][2]
  2. Inherited from Sanskrit कर्तरि (kartari).[2]

Noun edit

kat f (nominative plural katǎ)

  1. scissors[2][3][4]

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karttrī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 145
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kat”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 137b
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e kat, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 190a
  4. ^ Andrea Scala (2020) “Romani Lexicon”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 92

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat). Compare Turkish kat.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏т)

  1. (Croatia) floor, storey

Declension edit

Declension of kat
singular plural
nominative kat katovi
genitive kata katova
dative katu katovima
accusative kat katove
vocative kate katovi
locative katu katovima
instrumental katom katovima

Synonyms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • “kat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognates include Polish kat, Czech kat, Lower Sorbian kat, and Upper Sorbian kat.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kat m anim (genitive singular kata, nominative plural kati, genitive plural katov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. executioner, hangman

Declension edit

Declension of kat
singular plural
nominative kat kati
genitive kata katov
dative katovi katom
accusative kata katov
locative katovi katoch
instrumental katom katmi

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “kat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

kat c

  1. khat (shrub, including when used as a recreational drug)

Declension edit

Declension of kat 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative kat katen — —
Genitive kats katens — —

References edit

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish قات (kat), from Proto-Turkic *kat (“layer”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kat (definite accusative katı, plural katlar)

  1. floor, storey, level
  2. fold, layer
  3. times
    On kat daha güçlü
    Ten times stronger

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative kat
Definite accusative katı
Singular Plural
Nominative kat katlar
Definite accusative katı katları
Dative kata katlara
Locative katta katlarda
Ablative kattan katlardan
Genitive katın katların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular katım katlarım
2nd singular katın katların
3rd singular katı katları
1st plural katımız katlarımız
2nd plural katınız katlarınız
3rd plural katları katları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular katımı katlarımı
2nd singular katını katlarını
3rd singular katını katlarını
1st plural katımızı katlarımızı
2nd plural katınızı katlarınızı
3rd plural katlarını katlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular katıma katlarıma
2nd singular katına katlarına
3rd singular katına katlarına
1st plural katımıza katlarımıza
2nd plural katınıza katlarınıza
3rd plural katlarına katlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular katımda katlarımda
2nd singular katında katlarında
3rd singular katında katlarında
1st plural katımızda katlarımızda
2nd plural katınızda katlarınızda
3rd plural katlarında katlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular katımdan katlarımdan
2nd singular katından katlarından
3rd singular katından katlarından
1st plural katımızdan katlarımızdan
2nd plural katınızdan katlarınızdan
3rd plural katlarından katlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular katımın katlarımın
2nd singular katının katlarının
3rd singular katının katlarının
1st plural katımızın katlarımızın
2nd plural katınızın katlarınızın
3rd plural katlarının katlarının

Volapük edit

Noun edit

kat (nominative plural kats)

  1. cat

Declension edit

declension of kat
singular plural
nominative kat kats
genitive kata katas
dative kate kates
accusative kati katis
vocative 1 o kat! o kats!
predicative 2 katu katus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms edit

Derived terms edit

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian katte, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)

  1. cat

Further reading edit

  • “kat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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