jat

jat (plural jats)

1. Alternative spelling of yat

• JTA, Taj., taj

• IPA^(key): [ˈjat]

jat

1. masculine singular passive participle of jmout

Borrowed from Yiddish יד (yad, “hand”) from Hebrew יָד (yāḏ, “hand”).

• IPA^(key): /jɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɑt

jat c (plural jatten, diminutive jatje n)

1. (slang, chiefly in the plural) hand

• jatten

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Like etymology 1 above.

jat

1. inflection of jatten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

From French jatte (“pan; bowl; skeel”), from Latin gabata (“a kind of deep dish or platter”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɑt

jat f (plural jatten, diminutive jatje n)

1. (Belgium, dialect) cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)

   Synonyms: kop, tas

• tja

From Old Frisian jit, from Proto-West Germanic *jit (“you two”). For the peculiar development in Sylt Frisian, see the etymology of at.

jat

1. (Sylt, dated) they both, the two of them (third-person dual personal pronoun)
2. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring, obsolete) you two, the two of you

• The third-person dual in Sylt Frisian exists only as a subject form. In object and possessive functions ordinary plural forms must be used. All dual forms are now optional and dated on Sylt, and entirely unused elsewhere.

• (you two): at (Sylt)