rotta

See also: Rotta

English

Noun

rotta (plural rottas)Category:English lemmas#ROTTACategory:English nouns#ROTTACategory:English countable nouns#ROTTACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. (musicCategory:en:Music#ROTTA) Alternative form of rota.

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low GermanCategory:Faroese terms derived from Middle Low German#ROTTA rotte, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ROTTA *rattō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rotta f (genitive singular rottu, plural rottur)Category:Faroese lemmas#ROTTACategory:Faroese nouns#ROTTACategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Faroese feminine nouns#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. rat (Rattus)

Declension

Category:fo:Animals#ROTTA

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Old SwedishCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from Late Old Swedish#ROTTACategory:Finnish terms derived from Late Old Swedish#ROTTA rotta (compare Swedish råtta), from Middle Low GermanCategory:Finnish terms derived from Middle Low German#ROTTA rotte, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ROTTA *rattō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rottaCategory:Finnish lemmas#ROTTACategory:Finnish nouns#ROTTACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. rat
  2. (Internet slangCategory:Finnish internet slang#ROTTA) unemployed person living on welfare
    Antonym: lammas

Declension

Inflection of rotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt–t gradation)
nominative rotta rotat
genitive rotan rottien
partitive rottaa rottia
illative rottaan rottiin
singular plural
nominative rotta rotat
accusative nom. rotta rotat
gen. rotan
genitive rotan rottien
rottain rare
partitive rottaa rottia
inessive rotassa rotissa
elative rotasta rotista
illative rottaan rottiin
adessive rotalla rotilla
ablative rotalta rotilta
allative rotalle rotille
essive rottana rottina
translative rotaksi rotiksi
abessive rotatta rotitta
instructive — rotin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt–t gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rottani rottani
accusative nom. rottani rottani
gen. rottani
genitive rottani rottieni
rottaini rare
partitive rottaani rottiani
inessive rotassani rotissani
elative rotastani rotistani
illative rottaani rottiini
adessive rotallani rotillani
ablative rotaltani rotiltani
allative rotalleni rotilleni
essive rottanani rottinani
translative rotakseni rotikseni
abessive rotattani rotittani
instructive — —
comitative —rottineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rottasi rottasi
accusative nom. rottasi rottasi
gen. rottasi
genitive rottasi rottiesi
rottaisi rare
partitive rottaasi rottiasi
inessive rotassasi rotissasi
elative rotastasi rotistasi
illative rottaasi rottiisi
adessive rotallasi rotillasi
ablative rotaltasi rotiltasi
allative rotallesi rotillesi
essive rottanasi rottinasi
translative rotaksesi rotiksesi
abessive rotattasi rotittasi
instructive — —
comitative —rottinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rottamme rottamme
accusative nom. rottamme rottamme
gen. rottamme
genitive rottamme rottiemme
rottaimme rare
partitive rottaamme rottiamme
inessive rotassamme rotissamme
elative rotastamme rotistamme
illative rottaamme rottiimme
adessive rotallamme rotillamme
ablative rotaltamme rotiltamme
allative rotallemme rotillemme
essive rottanamme rottinamme
translative rotaksemme rotiksemme
abessive rotattamme rotittamme
instructive — —
comitative —rottinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rottanne rottanne
accusative nom. rottanne rottanne
gen. rottanne
genitive rottanne rottienne
rottainne rare
partitive rottaanne rottianne
inessive rotassanne rotissanne
elative rotastanne rotistanne
illative rottaanne rottiinne
adessive rotallanne rotillanne
ablative rotaltanne rotiltanne
allative rotallenne rotillenne
essive rottananne rottinanne
translative rotaksenne rotiksenne
abessive rotattanne rotittanne
instructive — —
comitative —rottinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative rottansa rottansa
accusative nom. rottansa rottansa
gen. rottansa
genitive rottansa rottiensa
rottainsa rare
partitive rottaansa rottiaan
rottiansa
inessive rotassaan
rotassansa		 rotissaan
rotissansa
elative rotastaan
rotastansa		 rotistaan
rotistansa
illative rottaansa rottiinsa
adessive rotallaan
rotallansa		 rotillaan
rotillansa
ablative rotaltaan
rotaltansa		 rotiltaan
rotiltansa
allative rotalleen
rotallensa		 rotilleen
rotillensa
essive rottanaan
rottanansa		 rottinaan
rottinansa
translative rotakseen
rotaksensa		 rotikseen
rotiksensa
abessive rotattaan
rotattansa		 rotittaan
rotittansa
instructive — —
comitative —rottineen
rottinensa
Category:Finnish koira-type nominals#ROTTA

Derived terms

Descendants

  • →? Ingrian: rotta
  • →? Karelian:

Further reading

Anagrams

Category:fi:Murids#ROTTA

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low GermanCategory:Icelandic terms borrowed from Middle Low German#ROTTACategory:Icelandic terms derived from Middle Low German#ROTTA rotte, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ROTTA *rattō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rotta f (genitive singular rottu, nominative plural rottur)Category:Icelandic lemmas#ROTTACategory:Icelandic nouns#ROTTACategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Icelandic feminine nouns#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. rat
  2. (colloquialCategory:Icelandic colloquialisms#ROTTA, derogatoryCategory:Icelandic derogatory terms#ROTTA) someone deceitful or scheming
    Synonym: undirförull

Declension

Declension of rotta (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rotta rottan rottur rotturnar
accusative rottu rottuna rottur rotturnar
dative rottu rottunni rottum rottunum
genitive rottu rottunnar rotta, rottna rottanna, rottnanna
Category:is:Murids#ROTTA

Ingrian

Rotta.

Etymology

Probably borrowed from FinnishCategory:Ingrian terms borrowed from Finnish#ROTTACategory:Ingrian terms derived from Finnish#ROTTA rotta, ultimately from Proto-GermanicCategory:Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ROTTA *rattō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rottaCategory:Ingrian lemmas#ROTTACategory:Ingrian nouns#ROTTACategory:Ingrian entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. rat
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51:
      Rotta i hiiri.
      The rat and the mouse.
      Category:Ingrian terms with quotations#ROTTA

Declension

Declension of rotta (type 3/koira, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative rotta rotat
genitive rotan rottiin
partitive rottaa rottia
illative rottaa rottii
inessive rotas rotis
elative rotast rotist
allative rotalle rotille
adessive rotal rotil
ablative rotalt rotilt
translative rotaks rotiks
essive rottanna, rottaan rottinna, rottiin
exessive1) rottant rottint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “ротта”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 681
Category:izh:Murids#ROTTA

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#ROTTACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#ROTTA rupta [via], compare French route.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

rotta f (plural rotte)Category:Italian lemmas#ROTTACategory:Italian nouns#ROTTACategory:Italian countable nouns#ROTTACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Italian feminine nouns#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. course, route, lane
    Synonyms: percorso, tragitto, direzione
  2. (figurative) orientation (ideological)
    Synonym: orientamento
  3. (archaicCategory:Italian terms with archaic senses#ROTTA or regionalCategory:Regional Italian#ROTTA) path, way
    Synonyms: via, cammino, strada
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Deverbal formed with the feminine past participle of rompere (“to break”)Category:Italian deverbals formed from feminine past participles.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

rotta f (plural rotte)Category:Italian lemmas#ROTTACategory:Italian nouns#ROTTACategory:Italian countable nouns#ROTTACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Italian feminine nouns#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. (militaryCategory:it:Military#ROTTA) defeat, rout
    Synonyms: sconfitta, disfatta
    andare in rotta ― being defeatedCategory:Italian terms with collocations#ROTTA
  2. flood, inundation (of a river)
    Synonyms: staripamento, inondazione
  3. breakdown (of relationships)
    venire alle rotte con ― to end relations withCategory:Italian terms with collocations#ROTTA
  4. calamity, disaster
    Synonym: sciagura
  5. (archaicCategory:Italian terms with archaic senses#ROTTA) breaking
    Synonym: rottura
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rottaCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#ROTTACategory:Italian adjective forms#ROTTACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. feminine singular of rotto

Participle

rottaCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#ROTTACategory:Italian past participle forms#ROTTACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. feminine singular of rotto

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

rotta f (plural rotte)Category:Italian lemmas#ROTTACategory:Italian nouns#ROTTACategory:Italian countable nouns#ROTTACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Italian feminine nouns#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA (musicCategory:it:Music#ROTTA)

  1. rota, rotta (“Germanic lyre”)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 rotta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. 1 2 3 rótta in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
  3. ↑ ròtta in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Anagrams

Karelian

Regional variants of rotta
North Karelian
(Viena)		 rotta
South Karelian
(Tver)		 rotta

Etymology

Probably borrowed from FinnishCategory:Karelian terms borrowed from Finnish#ROTTACategory:Karelian terms derived from Finnish#ROTTA rotta, ultimately from Proto-GermanicCategory:Karelian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ROTTA *rattō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rotta (genitive rotan, partitive rottua)Category:Karelian lemmas#ROTTACategory:Karelian nouns#ROTTACategory:Karelian entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. rat
  2. (South KarelianCategory:South Karelian#ROTTA) synonym of muakondie (“mole”)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of rotta (type 5/koira, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative rotta rotat
genitive rotan rottien
partitive rottua rottie
illative rottah rottih
inessive rotašša rotissa
elative rotašta rotista
adessive rotalla rotilla
ablative rotalta rotilta
translative rotakši rotiksi
essive rottana rottina
comitative — rotineh
abessive rotatta rotitta
prolative — —
instructive — rotin
Tver Karelian declension of rotta (type 5/koira tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative rotta rotat
genitive rotan rotin
partitive rottua rottie
illative rottah rottih
inessive rotašša rotissa
elative rotašta rotista
adessive rotalla rotilla
ablative rotalda rotilda
translative rotakši rotiksi
essive rottana rottina
comitative rotanke rotinke
abessive rotatta rotitta
prolative rotačči rotičči
instructive — rotin
Possessive forms of rotta
1st person rottani
2nd person rottaš
3rd person rottah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “rotta”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “rotta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
Category:krl:Murids#ROTTA

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Maltese terms borrowed from Italian#ROTTACategory:Maltese terms derived from Italian#ROTTA rotta.

Pronunciation

Noun

rotta f (plural rotot)Category:Maltese lemmas#ROTTACategory:Maltese nouns#ROTTACategory:Maltese feminine nouns#ROTTACategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Maltese feminine nouns#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. course, route

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

rotta m or fCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#ROTTACategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#ROTTACategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. definite feminine singular of rotte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rotta f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter or rottor, definite plural rottene or rottone)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ROTTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ROTTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of rotteCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk weak feminine nouns ending in -a
  2. definite singular of rotte

Verb

rotta (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotta/rott)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ROTTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#ROTTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs

  1. alternative form of rotte

Vilamovian

Noun

rottaCategory:Vilamovian non-lemma forms#ROTTACategory:Vilamovian noun forms#ROTTACategory:Vilamovian entries with incorrect language header#ROTTACategory:Pages with entries#ROTTACategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROTTA

  1. plural of rott
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