fetta

English

Noun

fetta (countable and uncountable, plural fettas)

1. Alternative spelling of feta

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛhta/
• Rhymes: -ɛhta

Verb

fetta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fetti, supine fett)

1. to bend backwards [with accusative]

Conjugation

fetta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fetta
supine sagnbót		fett
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fettandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fetti	fetti		fetti	fetti
	þú	fettir	fettir		fettir	fettir
	hann, hún, það	fettir	fetti		fetti	fetti
plural	við	fettum	fettum		fettum	fettum
	þið	fettið	fettuð		fettið	fettuð
	þeir, þær, þau	fetta	fettu		fetti	fettu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fett (þú), fettu
plural	þið	fettið (þið), fettiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fettast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fettast
supine sagnbót		fest
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fettandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fettist	fettist		fettist	fettist
	þú	fettist	fettist		fettist	fettist
	hann, hún, það	fettist	fettist		fettist	fettist
plural	við	fettumst	fettumst		fettumst	fettumst
	þið	fettist	fettust		fettist	fettust
	þeir, þær, þau	fettast	fettust		fettist	fettust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fest (þú), festu
plural	þið	fettist (þið), fettisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fettur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fettur	fett	fett	fettir	fettar	fett
accusative (þolfall)	fettan	fetta	fett	fetta	fettar	fett
dative (þágufall)	fettum	fettri	fettu	fettum	fettum	fettum
genitive (eignarfall)	fetts	fettrar	fetts	fettra	fettra	fettra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fetti	fetta	fetta	fettu	fettu	fettu
accusative (þolfall)	fetta	fettu	fetta	fettu	fettu	fettu
dative (þágufall)	fetta	fettu	fetta	fettu	fettu	fettu
genitive (eignarfall)	fetta	fettu	fetta	fettu	fettu	fettu

Derived terms

• fetta sig
• fetta sig og bretta
• fetta fingur út í

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain; several possibilities exist. Probably ultimately from Latin findere, through an alteration of its past participle fissus into a form *fictus > *fectus, later becoming feminine. (Compare the change from fixus to fitto). An alternative may be a Vulgar Latin *offetta (“little piece”), diminutive of offa. Compare Galician and Portuguese fita, Dalmatian fiata, Sicilian feḍḍa, Sardinian fitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: fét‧ta

Noun

fetta f (plural fette)

1. slice (of meat, cake, etc)
2. piece

Related terms

• affettare
• fetta biscottata

Descendants

• Greek: φέτα (féta)
  • → English: feta
  • → Finnish: feta
  • → German: Feta
  • → Polish: feta
  • → Portuguese: feta
  • → Russian: фе́та f (féta)
  • → Swedish: feta
  • → Turkish: feta
• Serbo-Croatian: feta

Anagrams

• fatte

Maltese

Root
f-t-t
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَتَّة (fatta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛt.ta/

Noun

fetta f (plural fetet)

1. a slice (of bread, ham, etc)