motta
Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Danish måtte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).
Noun
motta f (genitive singular mottu, plural mottur)
Declension
f1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | motta | mottan | mottur | motturnar |
accusative | mottu | mottuna | mottur | motturnar |
dative | mottu | mottuni | mottum | mottunum |
genitive | mottu | mottunnar | motta | mottanna |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Compare English moth, German Motte.
Noun
motta f (genitive singular mottu, plural mottur)
Declension
f1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | motta | mottan | mottur | motturnar |
accusative | mottu | mottuna | mottur | motturnar |
dative | mottu | mottuni | mottum | mottunum |
genitive | mottu | mottunnar | motta | mottanna |
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish måtte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
motta f (genitive singular mottu, nominative plural mottur)
- rug, mat
- (colloquial) mustache
Declension
Italian
Etymology
Unknown. Probably of Pre-Roman origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
motta f (plural motte)
- landslide
- Synonym: frana
- rise, slope
- Synonym: rialzo
- (Venice) a heap of sand or rocks in a riverbed
- (by extension) an artificial island
Derived terms
Further reading
- motta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
motta (imperative motta, present tense mottar, passive mottas, simple past mottok, past participle mottatt, present participle mottakende)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “motta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Sicilian
Etymology
Possibly through Old French mote (“mound”), ultimately from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).
Pronunciation
Noun
motta f (plural motti)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Italian: Motta (surname)
- → Italian: Motta (toponym)
- → Italian: Motta Sant'Anastasia
- → Italian: Motta San Giovanni
- → Italian: Motta Santa Lucia
See also
Swedish
Alternative forms
Verb
motta (present mottar, preterite mottog, supine mottagit, imperative motta)
- Alternative form of ta emot
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | motta | mottas | ||
Supine | mottagit | mottagits | ||
Imperative | motta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | mottan | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | mottar | mottog | mottas | mottogs |
Ind. plural1 | motta | mottogo | mottas | mottogos |
Subjunctive2 | motta | mottoge | mottas | mottoges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | mottagande | |||
Past participle | mottagen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | mottaga | mottagas | ||
Supine | mottagit | mottagits | ||
Imperative | mottag | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | mottagen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | mottager | mottog | mottages | mottogs |
Ind. plural1 | mottaga | mottogo | mottagas | mottogos |
Subjunctive2 | mottage | mottoge | mottages | mottoges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | mottagande | |||
Past participle | mottagen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
References
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɔʰtːa
- Faroese terms derived from Danish
- Faroese terms derived from Late Latin
- Faroese terms derived from Punic
- Faroese terms derived from Phoenician
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- fo:Bedding
- fo:Dipterans
- fo:Arachnids
- Icelandic terms borrowed from Danish
- Icelandic terms derived from Danish
- Icelandic terms derived from Late Latin
- Icelandic terms derived from Punic
- Icelandic terms derived from Phoenician
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔhta
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔhta/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic colloquialisms
- is:Bedding
- Italian terms with unknown etymologies
- Italian terms derived from substrate languages
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔtta
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔtta/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Venetian Italian
- Norwegian Bokmål compound terms
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Sicilian terms borrowed from Old French
- Sicilian terms derived from Old French
- Sicilian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Germanic languages
- Sicilian terms derived from Frankish
- Sicilian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian nouns
- Sicilian feminine nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish strong verbs
- Swedish class 6 strong verbs