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fata

See also: Fata, FATA, fată, față, fața, făta, and fáta

Faroese

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Verb

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fata (third person singular past indicative fataði, third person plural past indicative fataðu, supine fatað)

  1. to understand
  2. to comprehend

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fata (group v-30)
infinitive fata
supine fatað
participle (a6)1 fatandi fataður
present past
first singular fati fataði
second singular fatar fataði
third singular fatar fataði
plural fata fataðu
imperative
singular fata!
plural fatið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fata, cognate with Jamtish futu.

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Noun

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fata f (genitive singular fötu, nominative plural fötur)

  1. bucket
    Synonym: skjóla

Declension

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Declension of fata (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fata fatan fötur föturnar
accusative fötu fötuna fötur föturnar
dative fötu fötunni fötum fötunum
genitive fötu fötunnar fata, fatna fatanna, fatnanna

Irish

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Noun

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fata m (genitive singular fata, nominative plural fataí)

  1. Connacht form of práta (“potato”)

Declension

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Declension of fata (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fata fataí
vocative a fhata a fhataí
genitive fata fataí
dative fata fataí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fata na fataí
genitive an fhata na bhfataí
dative leis an bhfata
don fhata 		leis na fataí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fata
radical lenition eclipsis
fata fhata bhfata

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 271

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: fà‧ta

Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada; French fée; Spanish hada.

Noun

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fata f (plural fate)

  1. fairy (mythical creature)
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Further reading

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  • fata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fata

  1. inflection of fatare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Ladin

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Adjective

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fata f sg

  1. feminine singular of fat

Latin

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Etymology

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From fātum (“destiny, lot, fate”) and fātus (“oracle, prophecy, fate”); derived from verb for (“I speak”) from Proto-Italic *fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”).

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Proper noun

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fāta f (genitive fātae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate
  2. (mythology) supernatural being, fairy, fay, deity of fate; divinity of destiny
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Fāta
    Fatis Fata[bus] / Druinus M(arci) No[ni] / Arri Muciani c(onsulis) [opp. c(larissimi viri)] / actor praedioru[m] / Tublinat(ium), tegurium / a solo inpendio suo fe/cit et in tutela eius / sestertios n(ummos) CC conlustrio / fundi Vettiani dedit.
    To Fates and Fairies. Druinus, (slave) of [most illustrious] consul Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus, administrator of the Toblino estates, erected a shrine at his own expense and for its maintenance he offered two hundred sesterces on the occasion of the purification ceremony of the Vezzano estate

Declension

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First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

singular plural
nominative fāta fātae
genitive fātae fātārum
dative fātae fātābus
accusative fātam fātās
ablative fātā fātābus
vocative fāta fātae

Proper noun

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fāta n pl (genitive fātōrum); second declension

  1. (Roman mythology) The Fates; Parcae; gods who control destiny; divine personifications of fate
  2. (mythology) supernatural beings, fairies, fey, deities of fate; divinities of destiny
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Fāta
    Fatis Fata[bus] / Druinus M(arci) No[ni] / Arri Muciani c(onsulis) [opp. c(larissimi viri)] / actor praedioru[m] / Tublinat(ium), tegurium / a solo inpendio suo fe/cit et in tutela eius / sestertios n(ummos) CC conlustrio / fundi Vettiani dedit.
    To Fates and Fairies. Druinus, (slave) of [most illustrious] consul Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus, administrator of the Toblino estates, erected a shrine at his own expense and for its maintenance he offered two hundred sesterces on the occasion of the purification ceremony of the Vezzano estate

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Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

plural
nominative fāta
genitive fātōrum
dative fātīs
accusative fāta
ablative fātīs
vocative fāta
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Descendants

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  • Vulgar Latin: *Fāta (see there for further descendants)

Noun

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fāta

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fātum

Participle

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fāta

  1. inflection of fātus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

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fātā

  1. ablative feminine singular of fātus

Further reading

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  • “fatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fadus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 655.
  • fata in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2697

Mairasi

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Noun

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fata

  1. water

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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fata n pl

  1. definite plural of fat

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fata, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”). Doublet of fatta, which came through Middle Low German vaten. Cognates include Dutch vatten, German fassen, and to a certain degree English fetch.

Alternative forms

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  • fate (with e infinitive)

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Verb

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fata (present tense fatar, past tense fata, past participle fata, passive infinitive fatast, present participle fatande, imperative fata/fat)

  1. (transitive) to take, grip, seize
    • 1875, Elias Blix, “Jesu, du er den Himmelveg”, in Nokre salmar [Some hymns]‎[1], Booklet III, Christiania: Samlaget, page 26:
      Ljoset det inn i Myrkret skin // Myrkret det inkje vil fata.
      Light, it shines into the darkness. Darkness will not grasp it.
    • 1923, Edvard Os, Kroppsøvingar i barne- og ungdomsskulen [Physical exercises for primary and lower secondary education]‎[2], Oslo: Samlaget, page 190:
      Hendene skifter tak, ei for ei, eller båe i ein gong, og fatar i steget som knekrokane heng på.
      The hands switch grip, one at a time, or both at once, and grab the very [ladder-]step on which the kneekaps hang.
  2. (transitive) to understand, comprehend
  3. (intransitive) to ignite (to commence burning)
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  • With split infinitive, the a infinitive is used for this verb.
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Noun

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fata n

  1. definite plural of fat

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Old English

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Noun

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fata

  1. genitive plural of fæt

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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fata f (genitive fǫtu)

  1. pail, bucket
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  Declension of fata (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fata fatan fǫtur fǫturnar
accusative fǫtu fǫtuna fǫtur fǫturnar
dative fǫtu fǫtunni fǫtum fǫtunum
genitive fǫtu fǫtunnar fatna fatnanna
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *fatōną.

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Verb

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fata

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of fata — active (weak class 2)
infinitive fata
present participle fatandi
past participle fataðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular fata fataða
2nd-person singular fatar fataðir
3rd-person singular fatar fataði
1st-person plural fǫtum fǫtuðum
2nd-person plural fatið fǫtuðuð
3rd-person plural fata fǫtuðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fata fataða
2nd-person singular fatir fataðir
3rd-person singular fati fataði
1st-person plural fatim fataðim
2nd-person plural fatið fataðið
3rd-person plural fati fataði
imperative present
2nd-person singular fata
1st-person plural fǫtum
2nd-person plural fatið
Conjugation of fata — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive fatask
present participle fatandisk
past participle fatazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fǫtumk fǫtuðumk
2nd-person singular fatask fataðisk
3rd-person singular fatask fataðisk
1st-person plural fǫtumsk fǫtuðumsk
2nd-person plural fatizk fǫtuðuzk
3rd-person plural fatask fǫtuðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fǫtumk fǫtuðumk
2nd-person singular fatisk fataðisk
3rd-person singular fatisk fataðisk
1st-person plural fatimsk fataðimsk
2nd-person plural fatizk fataðizk
3rd-person plural fatisk fataðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fatask
1st-person plural fǫtumsk
2nd-person plural fatizk
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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fata

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fat

References

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  • “fata1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fata2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Possibly from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā, “until”). See Spanish hasta.

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Preposition

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fata

  1. until
    • between 1140-1207, Anonymous, Cantar de mío Cid 1486-1487:
      [mandolo Recabdar...] Q̃ vayades por ellas, adugades gelas aca
      E ffata en valençia dellas non uos partades
      [He sent out the message] that you should go for them [his wife and daughters] and bring them here,
      and you must not leave them until Valencia.
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Rohingya

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Etymology

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Cognate with Bengali পাতা (pata).

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fata

  1. leaf
  2. petal (of a flower)
  3. page

Romanian

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fata

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fată

Rwanda-Rundi

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Verb

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-fáta (infinitive gufáta, perfective -fáshe)

  1. take, get
  2. catch
  3. arrest

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Adjective

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fata f sg

  1. feminine singular of fato

Volapük

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Noun

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fata

  1. genitive singular of fat
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