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Catt

Catt

See also: catt

English

Proper noun

Catt

  1. A surname​.

catt

catt

Old English

Noun

catt m

  1. cat

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta, from Afro-Asiatic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat/

Noun

catt m ‎(genitive caitt)

  1. cat

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

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.

References

  • “catt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattuz. Cognate with Old Saxon katto, Old Norse kǫttr (Swedish katt), Old High German kazzo. The word existed in the Germanic languages in a female gender also, 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkatː/

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