Wt/sco/cat

See also: Wt/sco/Cat, Wt/sco/CAT, Wt/sco/cât, Wt/sco/cãt, and Wt/sco/.cat

Scots

A domestic cat

Etymology 1

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. An ainimal o the faimily Felidae:

Etymology 2

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. Abbreviation o category.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Frae Malay cat, frae Min Nan 漆 (chhat), frae Middle Chinese 漆 (tsit).

Noon

Wt/sco/cat

1. pent (substance)

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Erse

Cat

Etymology

Frae Old Irish catt, frae Laitin cattus.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /kɑt̪ˠ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /kat̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /kʊt̪ˠ/ (as if spelled cut)

Noon

cat m (genitive singular cait, nominative plural cait)

1. cat (domestic feline; member o the Felidae)

Derived terms

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• caitín (“catkin”)
• catachas (“heat (in a cat)”)
• catach (“curly-haired”)
• cat crainn (“pine marten”)
• cat mara (“catfish”)
• catsúil (“ogle”)
• catúil (“feline”)
• fearchat (“tomcat”)
• liopardchat (“leopard-cat”)

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Mutation

Erse mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cat	chat	gcat
Note: Some o thir forms mey be hypothetical. Nae ivery possible mutatit form o ivery wird actually occurs.

References

• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Template:R:ga:Ó Dónaill

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Inglis

Pronuniation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /kæt/

• Audio (UK)

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• Audio (US)

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• Audio (US-Inland North)

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• Rhymes: -æt
• Homophone: Kat

Noon

cat (plural Wt/sco/cats)

1. cat (feline)

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Lojban

Rafsi

cat

1. rafsi of cartu.

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Malay

cat

Etymology

Frae Min Nan 漆 (chhat), frae Middle Chinese 漆 (tsit).

Alternative forms

• چت

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃat/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃat, -at

Noun

cat (Jawi spellin چت)

1. pent (substance)

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Middle Inglis

Noun

cat (plural cats)

1. cat (feline)

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Norman

Etymology

Old Northern French cat (Auld French chat) < Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka/

• Audio (Jersey)

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Noun

cat m (plural cats, feminine catte)

1. cat
   • circa 1830, George Métivier, ‘Lamentations de Damaris’:

     Où'est donc qu'j'iron, mé et mes puches / Ma catte, et l'reste de l'écu?

   • 2006, Peggy Collenette, ‘D'la gâche de Guernési’, P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press 2006, page 20:

     Ils d'visirent pour enne haeure, mais la Louise était pas chagrinaïe au tour sa pâte, pasqué a savait que le cat était à gardaïr la pâte caoude. (Thay talked for an oor, but Louise wis nae wirree'd aboot her daich, acause she knew that the cat wis keepin the daich wairm.)

2. (Jersey) common dab ()

Derived terms

• catchiéthe (“cat-flap”)

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Auld French

Noun

cat m (oblique plural Wt/sco/caz or Wt/sco/catz, nominative singular Wt/sco/caz or Wt/sco/catz, nominative plural Wt/sco/cat)

1. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form o chat

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Romanie

Etymology

Turkis kat.

Noun

cat n (plural caturi)

1. fluir (flet)

Declension

declension o cat

	seengular		plural
	indefinite airteeculation	definite airteeculation	indefinite airteeculation	definite airteeculation
nominative/accusative	(un) cat	catul	(niște) caturi	caturile
genitive/dative	(unui) cat	catului	(unor) caturi	caturilor
vocative	catule		caturilor

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Scots Gaelic

Etymology

Frae Old Irish catt, frae Laitin cattus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰaʰt̪/

Noun

cat m (genitive seengular cait, plural cait)

1. cat (ainimal)

Declension

Indefinite Declension o cat

	Seengular	Plural
Nominative	cat	cait
Vocative	a chat	a chata
Genitive	cait	chat
Dative	cat	cait

Definite Declension o an cat

	Seengular	Plural
Nominative	an cat	na cait
Genitive	a’ chait	nan cat
Dative	a’ chat	na cait

Derived terms

• clòimh-chat

Mutation

Scots Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cat	chat
Note: Some o thir forms mey be hypothetical. Nae ivery possible mutatit form o ivery wird actually occurs.