fata

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛaːʰta/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰta
• Homophone: fatað

Verb

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

1. to understand
2. to comprehend

Conjugation

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

Etymology

From Old Norse fata, cognate with Jamtish futu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

Noun

fata f (genitive singular fötu, nominative plural fötur)

1. bucket

   Synonym: skjóla

Declension

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

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠat̪ˠə/, /ˈfˠɑt̪ˠə/

Noun

fata m (genitive singular fata, nominative plural fataí)

1. Connacht form of práta (“potato”)

Declension

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

• Superseded nominative plural: fataidhe

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 301
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

fata f (plural fate)

1. fairy (mythical creature)

Derived terms

• fata morgana

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fata

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

Anagrams

• afta

Ladin

Adjective

fata f sg

1. feminine singular of fat

Latin

Alternative forms

• fada (Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.ta/, [ˈfäːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ta/, [ˈfäːt̪ä]

Proper noun

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

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

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

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

Related terms

• Parca

Descendants

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

Noun

fāta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fātum

Participle

fāta

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

Participle

fātā

1. ablative feminine singular of fātus

Further reading

• “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

Noun

fata

1. water

References

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 101

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fatene

Noun

fata n pl

1. definite plural of fat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

• fate (with e infinitive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːtɑ/

Verb

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)

Usage notes

• With split infinitive, the a infinitive is used for this verb.

Related terms

• fat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• fati (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːtɑ/

Noun

fata n

1. definite plural of fat

References

• “fata” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

fata

1. genitive plural of fæt

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Verb

fata f (genitive fǫtu)

1. pail, bucket

Declension

  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

Descendants

• Icelandic: fata
• Jamtish: futu (< fǫtu)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *fatōną.

Alternative forms

• feta

Verb

fata

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Conjugation

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

Descendants

• Icelandic: fata
• Faroese: fata
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fata, fate (with e infinitive)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fata

1. indefinite genitive plural of fat

References

• “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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhata/

Preposition

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.

Related terms

• hasta, fasta, ata

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• (Arabic) فَتَ
• (Bengali) ফাতা
• (Myanmar) ဖာတာ
• (Hanifi) 𐴉𐴝𐴃𐴝 (fata)

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali পাতা (pata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa.t̪a]

Noun

fata

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfata]

Noun

fata

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fată

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-fáta (infinitive gufáta, perfective -fáshe)

1. take, get
2. catch
3. arrest

Spanish

Adjective

fata f sg

1. feminine singular of fato

Volapük

Noun

fata

1. genitive singular of fat