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motta

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See also: Motta

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Danish måtte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, bed, couch)).

Noun

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motta f (genitive singular mottu, plural mottur)

  1. rug, mat
Declension
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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
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Etymology 2

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Compare English moth, German Motte.

Noun

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motta f (genitive singular mottu, plural mottur)

  1. mite
  2. ked
Declension
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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
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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish måtte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, bed, couch)).

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Noun

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motta f (genitive singular mottu, nominative plural mottur)

  1. rug, mat
  2. (colloquial) mustache

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Probably of Pre-Roman origin.

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Noun

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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

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From mot +‎ ta.

Verb

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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)

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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motta f (plural motti)

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

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Descendants

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of ta emot

Conjugation

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