"קאַץ" meaning in Yiddish

See קאַץ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kats] [Northeastern, Poylish] Forms: kats [romanization], kets [romanization], ketsl [romanization], ketsele [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German katze, Old High German kazza, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|katze}} Middle High German katze, {{inh|yi|goh|kazza}} Old High German kazza, {{inh|yi|gmw-pro|*kattā}} Proto-West Germanic *kattā, {{der|yi|LL.|catta}} Late Latin catta Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} קאַץ • (kats) f, {{yi-noun|dim=קעצל|dim2=קעצעלע|g=f|pl=קעץ}} קאַץ • (kats) f, plural קעץ (kets), diminutive קעצל (ketsl) or קעצעלע (ketsele)
  1. cat Categories (lifeform): Felids Derived forms: וואַלדקאַץ (valdkats), וויזעל-קאַץ (vizel-kats)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "katze"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German katze",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "kazza"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kazza",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kattā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kattā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "catta"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin catta",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German katze, Old High German kazza, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kats",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kets",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketsl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketsele",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "קאַץ • (kats) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "קעצל",
        "dim2": "קעצעלע",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "קעץ"
      },
      "expansion": "קאַץ • (kats) f, plural קעץ (kets), diminutive קעצל (ketsl) or קעצעלע (ketsele)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Felids",
          "orig": "yi:Felids",
          "parents": [
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "valdkats",
          "word": "וואַלדקאַץ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "vizel-kats",
          "word": "וויזעל-קאַץ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cat"
      ],
      "id": "en-קאַץ-yi-noun-d693i1Gr",
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kats]",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Poylish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "קאַץ"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "valdkats",
      "word": "וואַלדקאַץ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vizel-kats",
      "word": "וויזעל-קאַץ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "katze"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German katze",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "kazza"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kazza",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kattā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kattā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "catta"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin catta",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German katze, Old High German kazza, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kats",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kets",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketsl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketsele",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "קאַץ • (kats) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "קעצל",
        "dim2": "קעצעלע",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "קעץ"
      },
      "expansion": "קאַץ • (kats) f, plural קעץ (kets), diminutive קעצל (ketsl) or קעצעלע (ketsele)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish feminine nouns",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "yi:Felids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kats]",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Poylish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "קאַץ"
}

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