# ات
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /.aːt/

### Suffix

ـَات • (-āt)
* Suffix used to pluralize feminine nouns and adjectives ending in ـَة (-a).
* Suffix used to pluralize non-human nouns.

## Azerbaijani
### Noun

ات (ət) (definite accusative اتی (əti), plural اتلر (ətlər))
* Arabic spelling of ət (“meat”)

#### Declension
## Bulgar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *erti, cognate with Turkish idi, Kazakh еді (edı). See also Proto-Turkic *-ti.

### Verb

اَتِ (eti)
* (Volga Bulgar) was, were
    Synonym: اج (eçi)

### References

* A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 164
* Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 182-183

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic ـَات (-āt).

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /aːt/, [ˈæːt]

#### Suffix

ـات • (-āt)
* Forms sound plurals of feminine nouns

### Etymology 2

Perhaps from Arabic تَـ (ta-), prefix of form V and form VI verbs (see Appendix:Arabic verbs#Form V), with a prosthetic vowel i- inserted.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /it/, [ɪt]
* IPA: /id/, [ɪd] (voice-assimilated)
* IPA: /i/, [ɪ] (optionally before any plosive except ʕ, geminates following plosive)
* IPA: /itt/, [ɪtː] (before vowels)

#### Prefix

اتـ or اتّـ • (it- or itt-)
* Forms passive forms of verbs
    ‎اتـ + ‎اكل (akal, “to eat”) → ‎اتّاكل (ittākil, “to be eaten”)
    ‎اتـ + ‎قتل (ʕatal, “to kill”) → ‎اتقتل (itʕatal, “to be killed”)
    ‎اتـ + ‎جنّ (gann, “to drive crazy”) → ‎اتجن (itgan, “to go crazy”)

##### Alternative forms

* إتـ (alternative spelling)

## Iraqi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta).

#### Pronoun

اتَّ (ʔitta) m
* you (masculine singular subject pronoun)
    Alternative form: إِنْتَ (ʔinta)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic أَنْتِ (ʔanti).

#### Pronoun

اتِّ (ʔitti) f
* you (feminine singular subject pronoun)
    Alternative forms: إِنْتِ (ʔinti), إِتِّي (ʔitti), إنتي (ʔinti)

### References

* Dictionary of Baghdadi Dialect by Sheikh Jalal Al-Hanafi, part 1, page 65.

## Karakhanid
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”).
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃 (at, “horse”), Chuvash ут (ut), Khalaj hat, Turkish at (“horse”), Uzbek ot, Bashkir ат (at) and Yakut ат (at).

#### Noun

اَتْ (at)
* horse
    قوُشْ قَنَتِنْ اَرْ اَتِنْ ― Quš qanatïn er atïn. ― The bird with its wings, the man with his horse.

##### Related terms

* اَتْلَنْماقْ (atlānmāq)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”).
Cognate with Turkish et, Bashkir ит (it) and Yakut эт (et).

#### Noun

اَتْ (et)
* meat, flesh
    اُلْ اَتْ آسْدٖى ― Ol et asdï̄. ― He hung up meat.

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ot (“grass”).
Cognate with Chuvash утӑ (ut̬ă), Turkish ot, Bashkir ут (ut) and Yakut от (ot).

#### Noun

اُتْ (ot)
* grass, vegetation, herbs, weeds
    اُتْ اُنْدٖى ― Ot ündī. ― The grass grew.
* (medicine) medicine
    اُتْ اِجْتِمْ ― Ot ičtim. ― I drank the medicine.
* poison
    بَكْ اَنْكارْ اُتْ بٖيرْدٖى ― Beg aŋār ot bḗrdī. ― The beg gave him poison.

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ï̄t (“dog”).
Cognate with Chuvash йытӑ (jyt̬ă), Turkish it, Bashkir эт (et) and Yakut ыт (ıt).

#### Noun

اِتْ (ït)
* dog

### References

* Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 32-34

### Further reading

* al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 34-35

## Khalaj
### Noun

اَت (ət) (definite accusative اَتی, plural اَتلَر)
* Arabic spelling of ət (“flesh, meat”)

#### Declension
## Kyrgyz
### Noun

ات • (at)
* Arabic spelling of ат (at).

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”).

#### Noun

ات • (et)
* meat; flesh

##### Derived terms

* اتسز (etsiz)
* ات صویو (et suyu)
* ات قوردو (et kurdu)
* دیش اتی (diş eti, “gum, gingiva”)
* قره ات (kara et)
* گیك اتی (geyik eti)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ات • (it)
* alternative spelling of ایت (it, “dog”)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic ـَات (-āt).

### Suffix

ـات • (-āt) f pl
* Feminine plural suffix

#### Usage notes

* Most feminine nouns take this plural suffix, but some are irregular (“broken plural”).
* There are also some masculine nouns, especially loanwords, that take this suffix.

#### See also

* Feminine ending: ـة (-e/-a)
* Masculine plural suffix for nouns referring to people: ـين (-īn)