# fata
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse fata, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to seize, hold”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛaːʰta/
* Rhymes: -ɛaːʰta
* Homophone: fatað

### Verb

fata (third person singular past indicative fataði, third person plural past indicative fataðu, supine fatað)
* to understand
* to comprehend

#### Conjugation
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse fata, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to seize, hold”). Cognate with Jamtish futu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaːta/
* Rhymes: -aːta

### Noun

fata f (genitive singular fötu, nominative plural fötur)
* bucket
    Synonym: skjóla

#### Declension
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈfˠat̪ˠə/, /ˈfˠɑt̪ˠə/

### Noun

fata m (genitive singular fata, nominative plural fataí)
* Connacht form of práta (“potato”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
fata
fataí
vocative
a fhata
a fhataí
genitive
fata
fataí
dative
fata
fataí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an fata
na fataí
genitive
an fhata
na bhfataí
dative
leis an bhfata don fhata
leis na fataí :
* Superseded nominative plural: fataidhe

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 271

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 301
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fata”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfa.ta/
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: fà‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada; French fée; Spanish hada.

#### Noun

fata f (plural fate)
* fairy (mythical creature)

##### Derived terms

* fata morgana

#### Further reading

* fata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fata
* inflection of fatare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* afta

## Ladin
### Adjective

fata f sg
* feminine singular of fat

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* fada (Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin)

### Etymology

From fātum (“destiny, lot, fate”) and fātus (“oracle, prophecy, fate”); derived from verb for (“I speak”) from Proto-Italic *fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfaː.ta/, [ˈfäːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfa.ta/, [ˈfäːt̪ä]

### Proper noun

fāta f (genitive fātae); first declension
* (Greek mythology) Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate
* (mythology) supernatural being, fairy, fay, deity of fate; divinity of destiny
* Alternative letter-case form of Fāta
    Fatis Fata[bus] / Druinus M(arci) No[ni] / Arri Muciani c(onsulis) [opp. c(larissimi viri)] / actor praedioru[m] / Tublinat(ium), tegurium / a solo inpendio suo fe/cit et in tutela eius / sestertios n(ummos) CC conlustrio / fundi Vettiani dedit.To Fates and Fairies. Druinus, (slave) of [most illustrious] consul Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus, administrator of the Toblino estates, erected a shrine at his own expense and for its maintenance he offered two hundred sesterces on the occasion of the purification ceremony of the Vezzano estate

#### Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

### Proper noun

fāta n pl (genitive fātōrum); second declension
* (Roman mythology) The Fates; Parcae; gods who control destiny; divine personifications of fate
* (mythology) supernatural beings, fairies, fey, deities of fate; divinities of destiny
* Alternative letter-case form of Fāta
    Fatis Fata[bus] / Druinus M(arci) No[ni] / Arri Muciani c(onsulis) [opp. c(larissimi viri)] / actor praedioru[m] / Tublinat(ium), tegurium / a solo inpendio suo fe/cit et in tutela eius / sestertios n(ummos) CC conlustrio / fundi Vettiani dedit.To Fates and Fairies. Druinus, (slave) of [most illustrious] consul Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus, administrator of the Toblino estates, erected a shrine at his own expense and for its maintenance he offered two hundred sesterces on the occasion of the purification ceremony of the Vezzano estate

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

#### Related terms

* Parca

#### Descendants

* Vulgar Latin: *Fāta (see there for further descendants)

### Noun

fāta
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fātum

### Participle

fāta
* inflection of fātus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

fātā
* ablative feminine singular of fātus

### Further reading

* “fatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “fatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* fadus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* fata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 655.
* fata in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2697

## Mairasi
### Noun

fata
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 101

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* fatene

### Noun

fata n pl
* definite plural of fat

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse fata, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”). Doublet of fatta, which came through Middle Low German vaten. Cognates include Dutch vatten, German fassen, and to a certain degree English fetch.

#### Alternative forms

* fate (with e infinitive)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²fɑːtɑ/

#### Verb

fata (present tense fatar, past tense fata, past participle fata, passive infinitive fatast, present participle fatande, imperative fata/fat)
* (transitive) to take, grip, seize
** 1875, Elias Blix, “Jesu, du er den Himmelveg”, in Nokre salmar [Some hymns]‎, Booklet III, Christiania: Samlaget, page 26:Ljoset det inn i Myrkret skin // Myrkret det inkje vil fata.Light, it shines into the darkness. Darkness will not grasp it.
** 1923, Edvard Os, Kroppsøvingar i barne- og ungdomsskulen [Physical exercises for primary and lower secondary education]‎, Oslo: Samlaget, page 190:Hendene skifter tak, ei for ei, eller båe i ein gong, og fatar i steget som knekrokane heng på.The hands switch grip, one at a time, or both at once, and grab the very [ladder-]step on which the kneekaps hang.
* (transitive) to understand, comprehend
* (intransitive) to ignite (to commence burning)

##### Usage notes

* With split infinitive, the a infinitive is used for this verb.

##### Related terms

* fat

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* fati (archaic)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɑːtɑ/

#### Noun

fata n
* definite plural of fat

### References

* “fata” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Noun

fata
* genitive plural of fæt

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

Inflected form of fat (“vessel, container”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

#### Verb

fata f (genitive fǫtu)
* pail, bucket

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: fata
* Jamtish: futu (< fǫtu)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *fatōną.

#### Alternative forms

* feta

#### Verb

fata
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##### Descendants

* Icelandic: fata
* Faroese: fata
* Norwegian Nynorsk: fata, fate (with e infinitive)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

fata
* indefinite genitive plural of fat

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fata1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fata2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Possibly from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā, “until”). See Spanish hasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhata/

### Preposition

fata
* until
** between 1140-1207, Anonymous, Cantar de mío Cid 1486-1487:[mandolo Recabdar...] Q̃ vayades por ellas, adugades gelas aca E ffata en valençia dellas non uos partades[He sent out the message] that you should go for them [his wife and daughters] and bring them here, and you must not leave them until Valencia.

#### Related terms

* hasta, fasta, ata

## Rohingya
### Alternative forms

* (Arabic) فَتَ
* (Bengali) ফাতা
* (Myanmar) ဖာတာ
* (Hanifi) 𐴉𐴝𐴃𐴝 (fata)

### Etymology

Cognate with Bengali পাতা (pata).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfa.t̪a]

### Noun

fata
* leaf
* petal (of a flower)
* page

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfata]

### Noun

fata
* definite nominative/accusative singular of fată

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Verb

-fáta (infinitive gufáta, perfective -fáshe)
* take, get
* catch
* arrest

## Spanish
### Adjective

fata f sg
* feminine singular of fato

## Volapük
### Noun

fata
* genitive singular of fat