gattu

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatːu/

gattu m (plural gatti)

1. alternative form of ghjattu

• “ghjattu, gattu, ghiattu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From Latin cattus. Cognates include Italian gatto and Spanish gato.

gattu m (plural gattos)

1. cat

• mussittu

• 'attu (apheretic variant)
• jattu (semiconsonant variant)
• attu, iattu (eye dialect, non-orthographic)

From the sonorization of Late Latin cattus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔat.tu/ (guttural pronunciation, mostly western)
• IPA^(key): /ˈjat.tu/ (semiconsonant pronunciation, mostly eastern)
• Hyphenation: gàt‧tu

gattu m (plural gatti)

1. A male cat.
2. A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.

   Synonyms: gattuzzu, gattareḍḍu; see also Thesaurus:gattu

• Unlike Italian, in Sicilian the generic name for the Felis catus species is inflected in the feminine, just as in Italian the male tiger still comes out with the feminine gender la tigre (cfr. also Sicilian a trighi).

• gatta