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See also: 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)

  1. rug, mat
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)

  1. mite
  2. ked
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)

  1. rug, mat
  2. (colloquial) mustache

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Unknown. Probably of Pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

motta f (plural motte)

  1. landslide
    Synonym: frana
  2. rise, slope
    Synonym: rialzo
  3. (Venice) a heap of sand or rocks in a riverbed
  4. (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

From mot +‎ ta.

Verb

motta (imperative motta, present tense mottar, passive mottas, simple past mottok, past participle mottatt, present participle mottakende)

  1. to receive
  2. to accept (receive)
  3. to get (receive)

Derived terms

References

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔt.ta/ (standard)
  • Hyphenation: mòt‧ta

Noun

motta f (plural motti)

  1. motte (mound of earth)
  2. clod (lump of earth)
  3. block, lump (of food etc.)
    Synonym: munzeḍḍu

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Swedish

Alternative forms

Verb

motta (present mottar, preterite mottog, supine mottagit, imperative motta)

  1. Alternative form of ta emot

Conjugation

References