cat in Scots

Forms: cats [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Scots cat, from Early Scots catte, from Middle English catte, cat, from Old English catte, catt, from Proto-West Germanic *kattu, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|sco-smi|cat}} Middle Scots cat, {{inh|sco|sco-osc|catte}} Early Scots catte, {{inh|sco|enm|catte}} Middle English catte, {{m|enm|cat}} cat, {{inh|sco|ang|catte}} Old English catte, {{m|ang|catt}} catt, {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*kattu}} Proto-West Germanic *kattu, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*kattuz}} Proto-Germanic *kattuz Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|cats|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} cat (plural cats), {{sco-noun}} cat (plural cats)

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "sco-smi",
        "3": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Scots cat",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "sco-osc",
        "3": "catte"
      },
      "expansion": "Early Scots catte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "catte"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English catte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "cat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "catte"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English catte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "catt"
      },
      "expansion": "catt",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kattu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kattu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kattuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kattuz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Scots cat, from Early Scots catte, from Middle English catte, cat, from Old English catte, catt, from Proto-West Germanic *kattu, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "cats",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cat (plural cats)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cat (plural cats)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cat (Felis catus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cat-sco-noun-laxIbt2U",
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "Felis catus",
          "Felis catus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kat"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Ulster"
          ],
          "word": "ket"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cat"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "sco-smi",
        "3": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Scots cat",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "sco-osc",
        "3": "catte"
      },
      "expansion": "Early Scots catte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "catte"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English catte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "cat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "catte"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English catte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "catt"
      },
      "expansion": "catt",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kattu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kattu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kattuz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kattuz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Scots cat, from Early Scots catte, from Middle English catte, cat, from Old English catte, catt, from Proto-West Germanic *kattu, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "cats",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cat (plural cats)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cat (plural cats)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots nouns",
        "Scots terms derived from Early Scots",
        "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
        "Scots terms derived from Middle Scots",
        "Scots terms derived from Old English",
        "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Scots terms inherited from Early Scots",
        "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Middle Scots",
        "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cat (Felis catus)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "Felis catus",
          "Felis catus#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ],
      "word": "ket"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cat"
}

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"cat" meaning in Scots

Noun