catt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattuz. Cognate with Old Saxon katto, Old Norse kǫttr, Old High German kazzo. A related word also existed in the Germanic languages with the feminine gender, 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. See cat for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑtt/, [kɑt]

Noun

catt m

cat
Hēo hrīemþ. Iċ hrīeme. Sē catt hrīemþ.
She's screaming. I'm screaming. The cat's screaming.

Declension

Declension of catt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	catt	cattas
accusative	catt	cattas
genitive	cattes	catta
dative	catte	cattum

Coordinate terms

catte

Derived terms

*cattes minte

Descendants

Middle English: cat
- English: cat
  - → Esperanto: kato
- Scots: cat

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kattos, either borrowed from or cognate with Latin cattus, which is possibly from Afroasiatic, but see cat for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat/

Noun

catt m (genitive caitt)

cat
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 10
  catt ab eo quod est cattus

Inflection

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

Derived terms

caittín
catán

Descendants

Irish: cat
Manx: kayt
Scottish Gaelic: cat

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

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “catt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language