catta

Interlingua

Etymology

From English cat, French chatte, Spanish gata, Portuguese gata, and Italian gatta, all of which derive from Late Latin catta, which is believed to have been derived from an Afroasiatic language.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/

Noun

catta (plural cattas)

she-cat, female cat

Related terms

catto
catton

Latin

Etymology

The feminine counterpart to cattus; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/, [ˈkät̪ːä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/, [ˈkät̪ːä]

Noun

catta f (genitive cattae); first declension

a female cat
- Baruch 6:21 (Vulgate):
  supra corpus eorum et supra caput volant noctuae et hirundines et aves etiam similiter et cattae
  owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon their bodies, and upon their heads, and cats [sit on them] in like manner

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catta	cattae
Genitive	cattae	cattārum
Dative	cattae	cattīs
Accusative	cattam	cattās
Ablative	cattā	cattīs
Vocative	catta	cattae

Related terms

cattus m

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Proto-Romanian *cată
  - ⇒ Aromanian: cãtushi
  - ⇒ Romanian: cătușă
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: ghjatta
- Italian: gatta
- Sicilian: jatta
Padanian:
- Emilian: gàta
- Friulian: gjate
- Piedmontese: gata, ciata
- Romansch: giatta
- Venetian: gata
  - →? Greek: γάτα (gáta)
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: chatta
- Old French: chate
  - Middle French: chatte
    - French: chatte
  - Tourangeau: chatte
  - Walloon: chate
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: gata
- Catalan: gata
- Occitan: gata, cata, chata
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: gata
- Mirandese: gata
- Old Portuguese: gata
  - Galician: gata
  - Portuguese: gata
- Spanish: gata
Borrowings:
- →? Byzantine Greek: κάττα (kátta)
- → Old Norse: ketta (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Celtic: *kattā (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *kattā (see there for further descendants)

References

“catta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
catta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
catta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
catta in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Saxon

Noun

catta f

Alternative spelling of katta