edat

edat

See also: ēdat and ēdāt

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aetātem, accusative singular of aetās (compare Occitan edat, Spanish edad, Italian età), from syncope of earlier aevitās, from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts, from *aiwom + *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈdat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eˈdat/

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• Rhymes: -at

Noun

edat f (plural edats)

1. age (duration of being alive)

   Synonym: atge

2. age (period in history)

Derived terms

• mitjana edat

Further reading

• “edat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “edat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Verb

edat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of edō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).

Verb

ēdat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of ēdō

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan edat, etat (compare Catalan edat), from Latin aetātem, accusative singular of aetās, from syncope of earlier aevitās, from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts, from *aiwom + *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

edat f (plural edats)

1. age, era (a particular period of time in history)

   Synonym: atge

2. age (the whole duration of a being)

   Synonym: atge

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ادات‎ (edat), from Arabic أَدَاة‎ (ʾadāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [edat]

Noun

edat (definite accusative edatı, plural edatlar)

1. particle

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	edat
Definite accusative	edatı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	edat	edatlar
Definite accusative	edatı	edatları
Dative	edata	edatlara
Locative	edatta	edatlarda
Ablative	edattan	edatlardan
Genitive	edatın	edatların

Synonyms

• ilgeç

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Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic أَدَاة‎ (ʾadāh) or via Persian ادات‎ (adât).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [edat]

Noun

edat ?

1. preposition