fatta

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fatˈta/ [fʌtʰˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: fat‧ta

Noun

fattá f 

  1. gratitude

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fatte, from Middle Low German vaten, from Old Saxon *fatōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (to seize, hold).[1]

Verb

fatta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fattaði, supine fattað)

  1. to get, catch on, take in [with accusative]

References

  1. ^ “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 6 September 2011 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfat.ta/
  • Rhymes: -atta
  • Hyphenation: fàt‧ta

Etymology 1

Adjective

fatta f sg

  1. feminine singular of fatto

Participle

fatta f sg

  1. feminine singular of fatto

Etymology 2

Noun

fatta f (plural fatte)

  1. type, kind
  2. droppings; animal excrement

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfatːa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atːa
  • Hyphenation: fat‧ta

Verb

fatta

  1. simple past and past participle of fatte

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vāten, from Old Saxon *fatōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną. Cognate with Danish fatte, Norwegian Bokmål fatte, Dutch vatten and German fassen.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fatta

  1. inflection of fatt:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Verb

fatta (present fattar, preterite fattade, supine fattat, imperative fatta)

  1. to grasp, take (hold in one's hand); the concrete meaning of grasp
    Han fattade spaden och började gräva
    He grabbed the shovel and started digging
  2. to take (a decision, a fancy), acquire (a taste for something); various abstract meanings of grasp
    att fatta ett beslut
    to make a decision
    Han fattade tycke för deras kebabsås
    He took a liking to their kebab sauce
  3. to understand, comprehend; another abstract meaning of grasp
    Jag fattar inte vad du säger
    I don't understand what you're saying
  4. (passive voice) to be missing
    Det fattas två skruvar
    Two screws are missing

Conjugation

Conjugation of fatta (weak)
active passive
infinitive fatta fattas
supine fattat fattats
imperative fatta
imper. plural1 fatten
present past present past
indicative fattar fattade fattas fattades
ind. plural1 fatta fattade fattas fattades
subjunctive2 fatte fattade fattes fattades
present participle fattande
past participle fattad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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