gât

Cognate with Italian gatto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːt/

gât m (feminine singular gâta, masculine plural gât, feminine plural gâti)

1. cat

Uncertain. Either from earlier gâlt, from Proto-Slavic *gъltъ, related to *glъtati (“to swallow, devour”) (compare Slovene golt), or from Latin guttura, which may have resulted in a plural form *gâturi, reduced to gât as a singular form through analogy. Compare French goitre. It is also possible that it may derive from the Latin singular form, guttur, itself. Compare guturai, which preserved the original u.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɨt/

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• Rhymes: -ɨt

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gât n (plural gâturi)

1. throat
2. neck

• gâtar
• gâtos
• gâtui

• gâlt
• gâtlan
• gâtlej
• gușă
• guturai

• giât

Borrowed from Middle English gate.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːt/

gât f (plural gatiau)

1. gate

   Synonyms: llidiart, clwyd