gat

Hy't 'n gat in sy opvoeding.

hole or hollowed out area used as a shelter or home by animals

Jinne! Jy bly in 'n gat!

(figuratively) dump; a run-down living space, room or house

From Dutch gat (“hole, gap; arse”), from Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.


gat

Sit op jou gat!

(crude) rump; buttocks; bum; ass; backside of a human

Die olifant staan met sy gat na ons toe.

The elephant is standing with his backside turned to us.


gat

small-spotted catshark
small-spotted catshark

A catshark, especially the small-spotted catshark.

Inherited from Old Catalan gat, from Late Latin cattus (“cat”). Compare Occitan gat~cat, French chat, Spanish gato.


gat

ca-adj

gat (feminine gata, masculine plural gats, feminine plural gates)

gata (feminine)
gats (masculine plural)
gates (feminine plural)


gat

(zoology) anus (of an animal, fish especially)

head

gat (singular definite gattet, plural indefinite gatter)

gattet (definite singular)
gatter (indefinite plural)

From Old Norse gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.


gat

Het kind viel door een gat in de omheining.

The child fell through a gap in the fence.

Er zit een groot gat in de muur na het verwijderen van het schilderij.

There is a big hole in the wall after removing the painting.

Het lek in het dak veroorzaakte een gat waar het water naar binnen stroomde.

The leak in the roof caused a gap where the water flowed in.

nl-noun

gat n (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n)

gaten (plural)
gaatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gat

Afrikaans: gat

Berbice Creole Dutch: gati

Jersey Dutch: xjât, hât

Negerhollands: gat, gad

From Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą. Doublet of gate.


gat

Dan vat hij het klein jongske van de grond en zet het op zijn gatje op het grote paard.

"Het regent" (nursery rhyme). Het regent, het regent, / de pannetjes worden nat. / Er kwamen twee soldaatjes aan, / die vielen op hun gat. It's raining, it's raining, / the roof tiles are getting wet. / Two soldiers were coming near, / who fell on their buttocks. 1931, Antoon Coolen, De goede moordenaar

Then he picks up the little boy from the ground and puts him on his ass on the big horse.

(by extension, informal) the buttocks, butt, bum, rear-end, bottom of a person or animal

gat n or m (plural gatten or gaten, diminutive gatje n or gaatje n)

gatten (plural)
gaten (plural)
gatje (diminutive neuter)
gaatje (diminutive neuter)


gat

You're the second guy I've met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail.

Goin' off on a motherfucker like that
With a gat that's pointed at yo ass

It'll make you drop to your knees 'cause you realize, that a gat'll make any nigga civilized.

1992, “A Nigga Witta Gun”, in The Chronic, performed by Dr. Dre, Death Row Records:

I never thought it could happen, this rappin' stuff
I was too used to packin' gats and stuff

1994, 1:45 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:

Pimp pulled out his gat and let it hang in his hand. His message was clear.

2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 115:

(originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol.

Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.


gat

He in a black suit in a coffin, gatted by a junkie for his fake Rolex watch at a taco stand on Western.

2000, George Nelson, One Woman Short, page 27:

Vance's death scene would have a racy romantic glamour, sort of like Dillinger gatted at the Biograph, Pretty Boy slain in the cornfield, Bonnie and Clyde ambushed in their Ford Roadster.

2002, Brian A. Massey, Shadow Clock, page 293:

Fact I was chillin' with Notorious BIG when he got gatted. It was a^([sic]) accident. Biggie got in front of my Glock when I was bustin' slugs at some mothaf***a.

2005, Lewis Grossberger, Turn that down!, page 198:

(slang) To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.

en-verb

gat (third-person singular simple present gats, present participle gatting, simple past and past participle gatted)

gats (present singular third-person)
gatting (participle present)
gatted (participle past)
gatted (past)


gat

And Abraham gat up early in the morning

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 19:27:

(Scotland and Northern England or archaic) Simple past of get.


gat

A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.


gat

Ruairí can tell you who goes to what bill, and I can spare a few minutes to show you how to pour a proper pint of gat.

(Ireland, slang) Guinness (type of beer).


gat

Hann notaði skóna þangað til komið var gat á þá.

He used the shoes until they had got a hole in them.

hole, perforation (an opening through a solid body)

Ég er í gati milli níu og hálfellefu á fimmtudögum.

I have a break between nine and half past ten on Thursdays.

(colloquial, school) a gap in a fixed schedule, an unassigned time in the schedule, usually between classes; break, free period

is-noun

gat n (genitive singular gats, nominative plural göt)

gats (genitive singular)
göt (nominative plural)
gat (indefinite nominative singular)
gatið (definite nominative singular)
göt (indefinite nominative plural)
götin (definite nominative plural)
gat (accusative indefinite singular)
gatið (accusative definite singular)
göt (accusative indefinite plural)
götin (accusative definite plural)
gati (dative indefinite singular)
gatinu (dative definite singular)
götum (dative indefinite plural)
götunum (dative definite plural)
gats (genitive indefinite singular)
gatsins (definite genitive singular)
gata (genitive indefinite plural)
gatanna (definite genitive plural)

standa á gati

to be unable to answer a question, to be at a loss

reka einhvern á gat

to stump someone, to ask someone a question he cannot answer


gat

Ég gat ekki stöðvað hana.

first-person singular active present indicative of geta

third-person singular active present indicative of geta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


gat

head

gat m (masculine plural gatj, feminine singular gata, feminine plural gate)

gatj (masculine plural)
gata (feminine singular)
gate (feminine plural)
gatt (alternative)
gàtt (alternative)
gàt (alternative)

From Latin cattus ("cat"), cognate to Ligurian Italian gatto, Catalan and Piedmontese gat, Spanish gato.


gat

gaśik (diminutive)
gat (nominative singular)
gata (dual nominative)
gaty (nominative plural)
gata (genitive singular)
gatowu (dual genitive)
gatow (genitive plural)
gatoju (dative singular)
gatoma (dative dual)
gatam (dative plural)
gat (accusative singular)
gata (accusative dual)
gaty (accusative plural)
gatom (instrumental singular)
gatoma (dual instrumental)
gatami (instrumental plural)
gaśe (locative singular)
gatoma (dual locative)
gatach (locative plural)

From Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian hat, Polish gać, Serbo-Croatian gat (“ditch, dam”).


gat

(Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of goot


gat

gatet (definite singular)
gat (indefinite plural)
gata (definite plural)
gati (definite plural)


gat

oc-noun

gat m (plural gats, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

gats (plural)
gata (feminine)
gatas (feminine plural)
cat (alternative)

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat). See cat for more.


gat

Iċ eom wunderliċu wiht, wrǣsne mīne stefne, hwīlum beorce swā hund, hwīlum blǣte swā gāt, hwīlum grǣde swā gōs, hwīlum ġielle swā hafoc,…

I am a wonderful thing, change my voice, sometimes bark like a hound, sometimes bleat like a goat, sometimes cry like a goose, sometimes yell like a hawk,…

gāt (canonical feminine)
gāt (nominative singular)
gǣt (nominative plural)
gāt (accusative singular)
gǣt (accusative plural)
gǣt (genitive singular)
gāte (genitive singular)
gāta (genitive plural)
gǣt (dative singular)
gātum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: goot, got, gat, gote, goet, goth, gathe, geet
English: goat (see there for further descendants)
Scots: gait, gayt
Yola: geearth, geearte, gurth

From Proto-Germanic *gaits. Cognate with Old Frisian *gāt, Old Saxon gēt, Old Dutch *geit, Old High German geiz, Old Norse geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).


gat

Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt


gat

first/third-person singular past indicative active of geta


gat

gat (nominative singular)
gatu (nominative plural)
gat (accusative singular)
gatu (accusative plural)
gatas (genitive singular)
gatō (genitive plural)
gatē (dative singular)
gatum (dative plural)
gatu (instrumental singular)
gatum (instrumental plural)

Old English: gat, gæt, ġeat

desc

Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate

English: gate; yate (dialectal)

→ Irish: geata

→ Scottish Gaelic: geata

→ Dutch: gate

→ Fiji Hindi: geet

→ German: Gate

Scots: ȝet, ȝett, yet, yett

Old Frisian: gat, jet

Saterland Frisian: Gat

West Frisian: gat

Old Saxon: gat

Middle Low German: gat

Low German: gat, Gatt

→ Danish: gat

→ German: Gatt

→ Swedish: gatt

Old Dutch: *gat

Middle Dutch: gat

Dutch: gat

Afrikaans: gat


gat

S'i padrùn gio tla pianura,\ chi por gat j è armast te' ghét,\ in s'è mòs da meda tl'éra,\ a raspè mla porta tchjusa.

December 2007, Vincenzo Sanchini, Tigrin e Biancon in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 8

Felis silvestris catus
Felis silvestris catus#Translingual

cat (Felis silvestris catus, a domesticated feline commonly kept as a house pet)

From Late Latin cattus (“cat”). See the etymology at cat for further details.


gat

gaturi (plural)
gat (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gatul (accusative definite nominative singular)
gaturi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gaturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
gat (indefinite singular)
gatului (definite singular)
gaturi (indefinite singular)
gaturilor (definite plural)
gatule (singular vocative)
gaturilor (vocative)

Borrowed from Hungarian gát, from Proto-Slavic *gatь.


gat

gȁt (canonical masculine)
га̏т (Cyrillic)
gȁt (nominative singular)
gàtovi (nominative plural)
gata (genitive singular)
gatova (genitive plural)
gatu (dative singular)
gatovima (dative plural)
gat (accusative singular)
gatove (accusative plural)
gate (singular vocative)
gatovi (plural vocative)
gatu (locative singular)
gatovima (locative plural)
gatom (instrumental singular)
gatovima (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”). Cognate with Slovak hať (“dam”), Upper Sorbian hat, Polish gać, Lower Sorbian gat (“pond, dam”), and Russian гать (gatʹ, “causeway”).


gat

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20: