"cat" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See cat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰaʰt̪/, /kʰaht̪/, /kʰʏht̪/ (note: Colonsay, Islay), [kʏ̞ɸd̪̊] (note: Colonsay, Islay)
Etymology: From Old Irish catt, borrowed from Late Latin cattus. Cognates include Irish cat and Manx kayt. As with Irish, presumably reinforced by English cat. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|catt}} Old Irish catt, {{der|gd|la-lat|cattus}} Late Latin cattus, {{cog|ga|cat}} Irish cat, {{cog|gv|kayt}} Manx kayt, {{cog|en|cat}} English cat Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|cait|||||||||plural|cait||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=cait|pl=cait}} cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait) Forms: cait [genitive, singular], cait [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cat [indefinite, nominative, singular], cait [indefinite, nominative, plural], cait [genitive, indefinite, singular], chat [genitive, indefinite, plural], cat [dative, indefinite, singular], cait [dative, indefinite, plural], cataibh [dative, indefinite, plural], cat [definite, nominative, singular], an cat [definite, nominative, singular], cait [definite, nominative, plural], na cait [definite, nominative, plural], (a') chait [definite, genitive, singular], cat [definite, genitive, plural], nan cat [definite, genitive, plural], (a') chat [dative, definite, singular], cait [dative, definite, plural], na cait [dative, definite, plural], cataibh [dative, definite, plural], chait [definite, singular, vocative], chata [definite, plural, vocative], chataibh [definite, plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cat [mutation, mutation-radical], chat [lenition, mutation]
  1. cat (Felis catus) Tags: masculine Derived forms: clòimh-chat
    Sense id: en-cat-gd-noun-laxIbt2U Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Cats

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "catt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish catt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "cattus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin cattus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cat",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "kayt"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx kayt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "English cat",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish catt, borrowed from Late Latin cattus. Cognates include Irish cat and Manx kayt. As with Irish, presumably reinforced by English cat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "I masculine noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chataibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chat",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "cait",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "plural",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "cait",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "cait",
        "pl": "cait"
      },
      "expansion": "cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cat"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Cats",
          "orig": "gd:Cats",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "clòimh-chat"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cat (Felis catus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cat-gd-noun-laxIbt2U",
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "Felis catus",
          "Felis catus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaʰt̪/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaht̪/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʏht̪/",
      "note": "Colonsay, Islay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʏ̞ɸd̪̊]",
      "note": "Colonsay, Islay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cat"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "clòimh-chat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "catt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish catt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "cattus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin cattus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cat",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "kayt"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx kayt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "English cat",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish catt, borrowed from Late Latin cattus. Cognates include Irish cat and Manx kayt. As with Irish, presumably reinforced by English cat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "I masculine noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan cat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cataibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chait",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chataibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chat",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "cait",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "plural",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "cait",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "cait",
        "pl": "cait"
      },
      "expansion": "cat m (genitive singular cait, plural cait)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cat"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scottish Gaelic first-declension nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "gd-noun 2",
        "gd:Cats"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cat (Felis catus)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "Felis catus",
          "Felis catus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaʰt̪/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaht̪/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʏht̪/",
      "note": "Colonsay, Islay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʏ̞ɸd̪̊]",
      "note": "Colonsay, Islay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cat"
}

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