kattan

English

Noun

kattan (uncountable)

1. (India, historical) The waste selvage in silk weaving, used for stringing ornaments.

Related terms

• cuttanee

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “kattan”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -an (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒtːɒn]
• Hyphenation: kat‧tan
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

kattan

1. (intransitive) to click (to make one short clicking sound)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kattan

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	kattanok	kattansz	kattan	kattanunk	kattantok	kattannak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	kattantam	kattantál	kattant	kattantunk	kattantatok	kattantak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. kattanni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	kattanék	kattanál	kattana	kattanánk	kattanátok	kattanának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kattan vala, kattant vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	kattanandok	kattanandasz	kattanand	kattanandunk	kattanandotok	kattanandanak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	kattannék	kattannál	kattanna	kattannánk	kattannátok	kattannának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kattant volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	kattanjak	kattanj or kattanjál	kattanjon	kattanjunk	kattanjatok	kattanjanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kattant légyen
infinitive	kattanni		kattannom	kattannod	kattannia	kattannunk	kattannotok	kattanniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	kattanás		kattanó	kattant	―	kattanva (kattanván)

Potential conjugation of kattan

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	kattanhatok	kattanhatsz	kattanhat	kattanhatunk	kattanhattok	kattanhatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	kattanhattam	kattanhattál	kattanhatott	kattanhattunk	kattanhattatok	kattanhattak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	kattanhaték	kattanhatál	kattanhata	kattanhatánk	kattanhatátok	kattanhatának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kattanhat vala, kattanhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	kattanhatandok or kattanandhatok	kattanhatandasz or kattanandhatsz	kattanhatand or kattanandhat	kattanhatandunk or kattanandhatunk	kattanhatandotok or kattanandhattok	kattanhatandanak or kattanandhatnak
	def.	―
	2nd obj
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	kattanhatnék	kattanhatnál	kattanhatna	kattanhatnánk	kattanhatnátok	kattanhatnának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kattanhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	kattanhassak	kattanhass or kattanhassál	kattanhasson	kattanhassunk	kattanhassatok	kattanhassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kattanhatott légyen
infinitive	(kattanhatni)		(kattanhatnom)	(kattanhatnod)	(kattanhatnia)	(kattanhatnunk)	(kattanhatnotok)	(kattanhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	―			―		(kattanhatva / kattanhatván)

Derived terms

• kattanás

(With verbal prefixes):

• átkattan
• bekattan
• belekattan
• elkattan
• felkattan
• helyrekattan
• kikattan
• lekattan
• megkattan
• összekattan
• rákattan
• visszakattan

Related terms

• kattant
• kattint
• kattog

Further reading

• kattan in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Swedish

Noun

kattan

1. definite singular of katta

Anagrams

• kantat, tankat