fatta
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fatˈta/ [fʌtʰˈtʌ]
- Hyphenation: fat‧ta
Noun
fattá f
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)
References
- ^ “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
- feminine singular of fatto
Participle
fatta f sg
- feminine singular of fatto
Etymology 2
Noun
fatta f (plural fatte)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfatːa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -atːa
- Hyphenation: fat‧ta
Verb
fatta
- 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
Audio: (file)
Adjective
fatta
- inflection of fatt:
- definite singular
- plural
Verb
fatta (present fattar, preterite fattade, supine fattat, imperative fatta)
- 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
- 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
- to understand, comprehend; another abstract meaning of grasp
- Jag fattar inte vad du säger
- I don't understand what you're saying
- (passive voice) to be missing
- Det fattas två skruvar
- Two screws are missing
Conjugation
| 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- fatta in Svensk ordbok.