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kat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"
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Translingual

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of English katal.

Symbol

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kat

  1. Symbol for katal, an SI unit of measurement of catalytic activity.

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of Georgian ქართული ენა (kartuli ena).

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kat

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Georgian.

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Egyptian kꜣt.

Noun

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kat (plural kats)

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

Etymology 2

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Noun

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kat (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of khat.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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kat (plural kats)

  1. Alternative form of gat.

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Achang

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Pronunciation

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  • (Myanmar) /kat˧/
  • (Luxi) [kat⁵⁵]

Verb

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kat

  1. to put

Further reading

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  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[1], Payap University, page 53

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Inherited from Dutch kat.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kat (plural katte, diminutive katjie)

  1. cat

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  • → Xhosa: ikati
  • → Zulu: ikati

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات (kat).

Noun

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

  1. floor, storey

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

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.

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Noun

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kat m anim (female equivalent katyně, possessive adjective katův)

  1. executioner
    Synonym: popravčí

Declension

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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

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Further reading

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kat/, [kʰæd̥], [kʰæt]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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kat c (singular definite katten, plural indefinite katte)

  1. cat
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Declension of kat
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kat katten katte kattene
genitive kats kattens kattes kattenes
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. khat

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Dutch

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

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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 (a wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; a medieval siege weapon)
    Synonym: schildpad
  5. (military) cavalier (a raised firing platform)
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kat
  • Jersey Dutch: kāt
  • Negerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kat

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kat

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

Etymology 3

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Noun

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kat m (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. alternative spelling of qat

Further reading

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

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Haitian Creole

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Derived from French quatre (“four”).

Numeral

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kat

  1. four
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  • katr (before a vowel)

Etymology 2

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Derived from French carte (“map”).

Noun

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kat

  1. card, identity card
  2. map
  3. ticket (a pass entitling the holder to admission to an event)
  4. playing card

References

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  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 91

Louisiana Creole

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Louisiana Creole numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: kat
    Ordinal: katriyèmm

Etymology

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Inherited from French quatre (“four”).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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kat

  1. four

Lower Tanana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *qeˑd. Cognate with Ahtna kaet.

Root

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kat

  1. to buy, ask

Stem set

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Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Momentaneous kat kat keɬ kat
Durative kat kat kat kat
Reversitative ket kat ket ket
Repetitive kek — — —

Derived terms

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References

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  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 237

Malay

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Etymology

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Clipping of dekat.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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kat

  1. (informal) apheretic form of dekat

Further reading

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  • "kat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mauritian Creole

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

Etymology

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Derived from French quatre.

Numeral

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kat

  1. four

Derived terms

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.

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Noun

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kat m pers (relational adjective katóv)

  1. executioner

Declension

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Declension of kat (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative kat katy kati, katové
genitive kata katú katóv
dative katu, katovi katoma katóm
accusative kata katy katy
vocative kate katy kati, katové
locative katu, katovi katú katiech
instrumental katem katoma katy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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

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Noun

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kat m pers

  1. executioner, hangman, headsman
    Synonym: oprawca
  2. (figurative) torturer, tormentor
    Synonym: oprawca

Declension

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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

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adjectives
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verbs

Descendants

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Noun

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kat m animal

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

Declension

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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

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  • “kat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “kat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)

Romani

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Etymology

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

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kat f (nominative plural katǎ)

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

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  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

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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kȁt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏т)

  1. (Croatia) floor, storey
    Synonyms: zboj (Croatia), sprȁt (Bosnia, Serbia)

Declension

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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

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References

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  • “kat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400

Slovak

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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kat m pers (relational adjective katovský)

  1. executioner, hangman

Declension

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Declension of kat
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativekatkati
genitivekatakatov
dativekatovikatom
accusativekatakatov
locativekatovikatoch
instrumentalkatomkatmi

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “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, 2003–2026

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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kat c

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

Declension

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Declension of kat
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kat kats
definite katen katens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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Turkish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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kat (definite accusative katı, plural katlar)

  1. floor, storey, level
  2. fold, layer
  3. times
    On kat daha güçlü
    Ten times stronger
  4. (mathematics) multiple

Declension

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Declension of kat
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
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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

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Noun

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kat (genitive kata, plural kats)

  1. cat (an animal of the family Felidae)

Declension

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Declension of kat
Singular Plural
Nominative kat kats
Genitive kata katas
Dative kate kates
Accusative kati katis
Predicative1 katu katus
Vocative o kat o kats
  1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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kat c (plural katten, diminutive katsje)

  1. cat

Further reading

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