pat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pat"

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæt/, [pʰæt], [pʰæt̚], [pʰæˀt̚], enPR: pǎt

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to pat”), from Old English plættan (“to buffet, strike, slap, smack, give a sounding blow”), from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten (“to strike, bruise, crush, rub”), German platzen (“to split, burst, break up”), Bavarian patzen (“to pat”), Swedish plätta, pjätta (“to pat, tap”). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.

Noun

pat (plural pats)

1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.

   We heard a pat on the door.

2. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands.

   Give Mary a pat on the shoulder to get her attention.

3. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
   • 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 45, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:

     It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.

Derived terms

• asspat
• back-pat
• butter pat
• cow pat
• down pat
• headpat
• off pat
• pat hand
• pat on the back (noun)
• pat slide
• patter
• pitter-pat

 

Translations

sound of a light slap or tap

Bulgarian: пляскане (bg) n (pljaskane) Finnish: taputus (fi) German: Tapser m Portuguese: batidinha f, estalo (pt) Russian: похло́пывание (ru) n (poxlópyvanije)

light tap or slap

Bulgarian: потупване (potupvane) Catalan: toc (ca), copet Esperanto: frapeto, (please verify) tapeto (eo) Finnish: taputus (fi) French: tape (fr) f German: Klaps (de) m Hungarian: paskolás, lapogatás Irish: boiseog f Ottoman Turkish: دستك (destek) Portuguese: batidinha f, tapinha (pt) m Spanish: palmada (es) f, palmazo m, apapacho (es) m, apapuche (es) m Swedish: klapp (sv) c

flattish lump of soft matter

Finnish: nokare (fi) French: (of butter) motte (fr) f, (of dung) bouse (fr) f German: Flatschen m (regional), Fladen (de) m, Flädchen n, Portion (de) f (of butter) Hungarian: paca (hu) Italian: panetto (it) m Norman: (of butter) palette f

Verb

pat (third-person singular simple present pats, present participle patting, simple past and past participle patted)

1. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.

   To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.

   • [1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 103:

     He came round to each of us to pat and speak to us for the last time; his voice sounded very sad.

2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

   I patted the cookie dough into shape.

   • 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:

     Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.

   Do you want to pat the cat?

4. To gently rain.

Derived terms

• pat down
• pat on the back (verb)

Translations

to tap gently

Bulgarian: потупвам (bg) (potupvam) Catalan: tustar (ca), donar copets, passar la mà Chinese: Mandarin: 拍 (zh) (pāi) Esperanto: tapeti Finnish: taputtaa (fi) French: tapoter (fr) German: tippen (de), tätscheln (de) Hungarian: paskol (hu), lapogat (hu) Irish: slíoc (an animal) Japanese: 撫でる (ja) (なでる, naderu), 摩する (さする, sasuru) Maori: pōpō, hokomirimiri, taupaki Portuguese: dar um tapinha Russian: похло́пывать (ru) (poxlópyvatʹ), хло́пать (ru) (xlópatʹ), похло́пать (ru) (poxlópatʹ) Scottish Gaelic: slìog Spanish: dar una palmadita, palmear (es), apapachar (es), apapuchar (es) Swedish: klappa (sv)

to hit to make smooth or flat

Bulgarian: сплесквам (bg) (spleskvam) Finnish: taputtaa (fi), taputella (fi) German: sanft flachklopfen Hungarian: paskol (hu)

to gently rain

Finnish: lopottaa Hungarian: szitál (hu)

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Translations to be checked

French: (please verify) tapoter (fr) Telugu: (please verify) తట్టు (te) (taṭṭu)

Adjective

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.

   a pat expression

   • 1788, William Cowper, Pity For Poor Africans 17–20:

     Your scruples and arguments bring to my mind a story so pat, you may think it is coin’d, on purpose to answer you, out of my mint; but, I can assure you, I saw it in print.

   • 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way :

     Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
     We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.

2. Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hackneyed

   • 1987 August 15, Laurie Sherman, “What's A Dyke To Do? A Lesbian Reluctantly Enters The Age Of Safe Sex”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 11:

     While most AIDS activists and researchers I spoke with agreed I shouldn't offer pat safe/unsafe categories, let me share some pretty widely accepted information.

   • 2010 May 22, “Jobs and the Class of 2010”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects.

   • 2021 July 14, A. A. Dowd, “Space Jam: A New Legacy is one big, witless commercial for Warner Bros properties”, in The A.V. Club‎:

     Space Jam: A New Legacy takes almost nothing but wrong turns, all leading to a glittering CGI trash heap of cameos, pat life lessons, and stale internet catchphrases.

   • 2021, Kate Crawford, chapter 2, in Atlas of AI […] , →ISBN:

     Pat responses from management seemed to be multiple variations on the theme of “We value your feedback.”

Derived terms

• stand pat

 

Translations

exactly suitable

French: ad-hoc

trite

French: bateau (fr), banal (fr)

Adverb

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     Now might I do it pat

2. Perfectly.

   He has the routine down pat.

   • 1922 September 22, “At the Wauwatosa Table”, in City Club News, volume viii, number 2, Milwaukee, page 7:

     Wauwa Pease says of the strategic position of the Pirates in the dining room: “They have taken the table near the upper doorway so they can make a speedy exit in case their lair is raided.” Of course, the Wauwas stand pat in the middle of the dining room, having nothing to fear.

   • 1962, Newsweek:

     Candidates in gubernatorial campaigns must stand pat in the middle, trying to push their rivals off the center line, charging the opponent with either left or right extremism.

   • 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa, A Month and a Day, page 112:

     In Ogoni[land], Shell locations lie pat in the middle of villages, in front and back gardens – and that should lay a particular responsibility on Shell to be absolutely cautious in its operations.

Translations

opportunely

Bulgarian: навреме (bg) (navreme), на място (na mjasto) Finnish: sopivasti (fi), sattuvasti (fi), oikein (fi)

See also

• strike
• hit
• feel
• name

Etymology 2

Noun

pat (plural pats)

1. Clipping of patent.
2. (knitting) Clipping of pattern.
   • 2012, Kari Cornell, Knitting Sweaters from around the World, page 52:

     Work in pat to next underarm marker, sm, place next st on holder […]

Etymology 3

Clipping of patrician.

Adjective

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. (slang) Upper-class, nobby.

See also

• on one's pat
• on the pat and mick
• pat-a-cake
• pat leave
• pit-pat
• pitty-pat

 

Further reading

• “pat”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “pat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “pat”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “pat adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

• tPA, APT, Apt, atp, pta., PTA, apt., ap't, TPA, apt, tap, ATP, TAP

Albanian

Alternative forms

• patur
• pasë
• pasur

Etymology

Alternative variant of participles patur, pasë, pasur. See pata (“I had”) (aorist form of kam (“I have”)) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/ (Gheg, Arbëreshë)

Participle

pat

1. participle of kam (present)
2. participle of pata (aorist)

Related terms

• pasuri
• kam
• pata

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• patu
• pãtsãscu

Etymology

From Latin patior. Compare Daco-Romanian păți.

Verb

pat first-singular present indicative (past participle pãtsitã)

1. to experience, undergo (something bad, unpleasant, unexpected, etc.)

Related terms

• pãtsiri / pãtsire
• pãtsit

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Bariai

Noun

pat

1. stone

References

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Belait

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Bunun

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Central Melanau

Central Melanau cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : pat

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pet⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pet⁶
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛːt̚²/

Classifier

pat

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 坺 (pet6)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pet¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pet¹
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: péd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛːt̚⁵/

Noun

pat

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 噼 (pet1)

Chuj

Noun

pat

1. house

Chuukese

Adjective

pat

1. cold

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpat]

Etymology 1

Via German Patt and French pat, from Italian patta.^[1]

Noun

pat m inan

1. (chess) stalemate
2. stalemate (blocked situation)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pat	paty
genitive	patu	patů
dative	patu	patům
accusative	pat	paty
vocative	pate	paty
locative	patu	patech
instrumental	patem	paty

Declension of pat (hard masculine inanimate)

Etymology 2

Noun

pat f

1. genitive plural of pata

References

1. Jiří Rejzek (2007) “pat”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

• “pat”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pat”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/, [ˈpʰad̥]

Noun

pat c

1. stalemate
2. alternative form of patte (“teat”)

Verb

pat

1. imperative of patte (“to suck”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.

Noun

pat n (uncountable)

1. (chess) tie, draw, stalemate

Derived terms

• patstelling

Etymology 2

Noun

pat c (plural patten, diminutive patje n)

1. (cycling) the slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout

Eskayan

Numeral

pat

1. four

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian patta (“tie, draw”), influenced by mat (“mate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

• Audio:

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Noun

pat m (plural pats)

1. (chess) stalemate

Descendants

• → German: Patt
• → Greek: πατ (pat)
• → Polish: pat
• → Serbo-Croatian: pat
• → Slovak: pat

Further reading

• “pat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat/

Etymology 1

From French pâte.

Noun

pat

1. dough
2. paste
3. shoe polish
4. toothpaste

Etymology 2

Contraction

pat

1. Contraction of pa te.

   Li pat di m sa. ― She didn't tell me that.

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of pat – see 捌. (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 捌).

Iban

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pahət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”).

Noun

pat

1. chisel
2. gouge
3. tapping knife

Derived terms

• mat

 

References

• Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰaːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

pat n (genitive singular pats, no plural)

1. gesticulation, gesture

Declension

Declension of pat
n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	pat	patið
accusative	pat	patið
dative	pati	patinu
genitive	pats	patsins

Related terms

• pata

Anagrams

• apt
• tap

Indonesian

Numeral

pat

1. Clipping of empat.

Javanese

Alternative forms

• papat

Etymology

From Old Javanese pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət.

Noun

pát

1. chisel (for woodworking)

References

• Parker, Luther (1905) An English-Spanish-Pampango Dictionary: Together with Idioms, Common Conversation, and an Abridgment of English Grammar (Grammar in a Nutshell), Various Uses of Words, Similar Words, Synonyms, Abbreviations, etc., etc.‎, Manila: American Book and News Co., Publishers

Krio

Etymology

From English part.

Noun

pat

1. part

Lamaholot

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Latin

Verb

pāt

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of pāscō

Latvian

Particle

pat

1. even

Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“ruler; husband”), taking an archaic meaning of "self", with semantic shift "self" > "same" > "very". Compare also Hittite [script needed] (-pat).^[1]

Particle

pàt (indeclinable)

1. very, right (to emphasize location)

   čia pat ― right here

   iš pat dugno ― from the very bottom

2. very, right (to emphasize time)

   dabar pat ― right now

   iki pat saulėlydžio ― right until sunset

3. very, same (to emphasize sameness)

   tas pat žmogus ― the very person

   tokia pat spalva ― the same color (literally, “just such a color”)

References

1. “pat”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

• “pat”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “pat”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *patto. Cognates include Estonian patt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑt/

Noun

pat

1. sin

References

• Lauri Kettunen (1938) Livisches Wörterbuch mit grammatischer Einleitung, Helsinki, page 277

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Maia

Noun

pat

1. stone

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : pat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat/ [ˈpat̪]
• Rhymes: -pat, -at

Numeral

pat (Jawi spelling ڤت)

1. Clipping of empat.

Manggarai

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Maranao

Maranao numbers ^(edit)

←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: pat

Etymology

Akin to Maguindanao upat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Marshallese

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *pasa, from Proto-Oceanic *basa, an alternative form of Proto-Oceanic *pasa.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲɑtˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲætˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {pat}

Noun

pat

1. swamp

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Murik (Malaysia)

Etymology

From Proto-Kayanic *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Descendants

• Javanese: pat / papat

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

pat

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta, probably from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: pat
• Homophone: pad

Noun

pat m animal (diminutive pacik)

1. (chess) stalemate
2. (figuratively, by extension) stalemate (any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pat	paty
genitive	pata	patów
dative	patowi	patom
accusative	pata	paty
instrumental	patem	patami
locative	pacie	patach
vocative	pacie	paty

Declension of pat

Derived terms

adjective

• patowy

 

verbs

• patować
• zapatować

 

Further reading

• pat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Rejang Kayan

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Rembong

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pat

1. four

Romanian

Etymology

Often thought to be from Greek πάτος (pátos, “path”), but also possibly from Latin pactum (“fastened, fixed, planted”), with the loss of the -p- in the normal result, *papt, explicable through dissimilation from the initial consonant; compare păta, boteza. ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at

• Audio:

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Noun

pat n (plural paturi)

1. bed

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pat	patul	(niște) paturi	paturile
genitive/dative	(unui) pat	patului	(unor) paturi	paturilor
vocative	patule		paturilor

Declension of pat

Related terms

• pătură

References

1. Romanian Explanatory Dictionary

References

• pat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Sasak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət.

Noun

pat

1. chisel

Derived terms

• ngepat
• tepat

 

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pat.

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

pat m (Cyrillic spelling пат)

1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pat	patovi
genitive	pata	patova
dative	patu	patovima
accusative	pat	patovi
vocative	pat	patovi
locative	patu	patovima
instrumental	patom	patovima

Declension of pat

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French pat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat/

Noun

pat m inan (genitive singular patu, nominative plural paty, genitive plural patov, declension pattern of dub)

1. (chess) stalemate

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pat	paty
genitive	patu	patov
dative	patu	patom
accusative	pat	paty
locative	pate	patoch
instrumental	patom	patmi

Declension of pat

Derived terms

• patový

Further reading

• “pat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Toba Batak

Noun

pat

1. foot

References

• Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 146.

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha)

Noun

pat

1. stupa

Volapük

Etymology

From French particularité.

Noun

pat (nominative plural pats)

1. particularity

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pat	pats
genitive	pata	patas
dative	pate	pates
accusative	pati	patis
vocative 1	o pat!	o pats!
predicative 2	patu	patus

declension of pat

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Yucatec Maya

Noun

pat

1. school shark

Zou

Noun

pat

1. cotton

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf