кат

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *katъ. Cognate with Ukrainian кат (kat), Russian кат (kat).

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кат • (kat) m pers (genitive ка́та, nominative plural ка́ты, genitive plural ка́таў)

1. executioner
2. (figurative) a ruthless killer, a butcher

• “кат” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• IPA^(key): [kat]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *katъ.

кат • (kat) m

1. (dated) span, turn
2. way, turn, order (in enumeration or classification)

   Synonyms: ред (red), поря́дък (porjádǎk)

• отка́т (otkát, “recoil”)
• прока́т (prokát, “profile, design”) (technical)
• скат (skat, “cliff”)

• ката́я (katája, “to span”)

• кат² in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات‎ (kat).

кат • (kat) m

1. (low colloquial) storey, floor

   Synonym: етаж (etaž)

2. (low colloquial) layer, thickness

   Synonyms: слой (sloj), пласт (plast), (dialectal) сяд (sjad)

3. (low colloquial) set of clothes, suit, change

   Synonym: чифт (čift)

• кат¹ in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• кат in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

From Proto-Slavic *kato.

кат • (kat)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of като́ (kató)

кат • (kat)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of като́ (kató)

• как (kak, “how”), ка́ко (káko, “in such a way”)

• кат in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)

From Arabic خَطّ‎ (ḵaṭṭ, “script; handwriting; written character”).

кат • (kat)

1. letter (written message)

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From Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ.

кат • (kat) m (plural катови, diminutive катче)

1. corner

From Ottoman Turkish قات‎ (kat).

кат • (kat) m (related adjective катен)

1. floor, storey (level)

• спрат (sprat)

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• Rhymes: -at

кат • (kat) m anim or m inan (genitive ка́та, nominative plural ка́ты, genitive plural ка́тов)

1. (historical) executioner
2. (nautical) cat

   кат-ба́лка ― kat-bálka ― cathead

3. (botany) khat
4. (computing) cut (livejournal cut, <lj-cut>, which allows you to hide all or part of your entry behind a link)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кат”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قات‎ (kat).

• IPA^(key): /kât/

ка̏т m (Latin spelling kȁt)

1. (Croatia) floor, story

• (Bosnia, Serbia): sprȁt

• “кат” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 400

From Proto-Turkic *kat (“layer”). Cognate with Kazakh қат (qat), Kyrgyz кат (kat), Crimean Tatar qat, Karachay-Balkar къат (qat), Kumyk къат (qat), Bashkir ҡат (qat), Tatar кат (qat), Turkmen gat, Uzbek qat, Uyghur قات‎ (qat), Shor қат, Western Yugur qat, etc.

кат • (kat)

1. layer

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кат”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

From Arabic خَطّ‎ (ḵaṭṭ, “script; handwriting; written character”). Cognate with Kazakh хат (xat), Kyrgyz кат (kat), Kumyk хат (xat), Bashkir хат (xat), Tatar хат (xat), Turkmen hat, Uzbek xat, Uyghur خەت‎ (xet), etc.

кат • (kat)

1. letter

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кат”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *Kat (“berry”). Cognate Kyrgyz кат (kat), Tuvan кат (kat), etc.

кат • (kat)

1. berry

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кат”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *Kat (“berry”).

• IPA^(key): /qat/

кат • (kat) (definite accusative катты, plural каттар)

1. berry

   Бо арыгда кат хөй. ― Bo arıgda kat xöy. ― There are a lot of berries in this forest.

• честек-кат (çestek-kat)

Borrowed from Polish kat.

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кат • (kat) m pers (genitive ка́та, nominative plural кати́, genitive plural каті́в)

1. executioner
2. (figurative) a ruthless killer, a butcher

• катува́ти impf (katuváty)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кат”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “кат”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–13 (а – покі́рно), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кат”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “кат”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “кат”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
• Етимологічний словник української мови: В 7 т. – Т. 2: Д–Копці / Ред. кол.: О. С. Мельничук (гол. ред.), В. Т. Коломієць, О. Б. Ткаченко. АН УРСР. Ін-т мовознавства ім. О. О. Потебні. — К.: Наукова думка, 1985. – 572 с.