hole, perforation (an opening through a solid body)
(colloquial, school) a gap in a fixed schedule, an unassigned time in the schedule, usually between classes; break, free period
Declension
Derived terms
standa á gati (to be unable to answer a question, to be at a loss)
reka einhvern á gat (to stump somebody, to ask somebody a question he cannot answer)
Verb
gat
first-person singular active present indicative of geta
Ég gat ekki stöðvað hana.
I couldn't stop her.
third-person singular active present indicative of geta
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*gatь(“dike”). Cognate with Upper Sorbianhat, Polishgać, Serbo-Croatiangat(“ditch, dam”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡat/
Noun
gatm (diminutivegaśik)
pond
dam, embankment
Declension
Derived terms
gatny
gatojski
pódgataŕ
pódgatki
Further reading
gat in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
gat in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
From Proto-Slavic*gatь(“dike”). Cognate with Slovakhať(“dam”), Upper Sorbianhat, Polishgać, Lower Sorbian gat(“pond, dam”), and Russianгать(gatʹ, “causeway”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡât/
Noun
gȁtm (Cyrillic spellingга̏т)
ditch
dam
Declension
References
“gat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Tok Pisin
Alternative forms
igat
Etymology
From Englishgot.
Verb
gat
have
Derived terms
gat bel
igat
nogat
Venetian
Etymology
From Late Latincattus(“cat”). See the etymology at cat for further details.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡat/
Hyphenation: gàt
Noun
gatm (pluralgati)
cat(Felis silvestris catus, a domesticated feline commonly kept as a house pet)