motta

See also: Motta

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʰtːa/

  Rhymes: -ɔʰtːa

Etymology 1

From Danish måtte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

Noun

motta f (genitive singular mottu, plural mottur)

1. rug, mat

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motta	mottan	mottur	motturnar
accusative	mottu	mottuna	mottur	motturnar
dative	mottu	mottuni	mottum	mottunum
genitive	mottu	mottunnar	motta	mottanna

Derived terms

• langmotta
• træmotta

Etymology 2

Compare English moth, German Motte.

Noun

motta f (genitive singular mottu, plural mottur)

1. mite
2. ked

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motta	mottan	mottur	motturnar
accusative	mottu	mottuna	mottur	motturnar
dative	mottu	mottuni	mottum	mottunum
genitive	mottu	mottunnar	motta	mottanna

Derived terms

• mottakjøt, mottukjøt
• skrubbmotta

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish måtte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔhta/

  Rhymes: -ɔhta

Noun

motta f (genitive singular mottu, nominative plural mottur)

1. rug, mat
2. (colloquial) mustache

Declension

Declension of motta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motta	mottan	mottur	motturnar
accusative	mottu	mottuna	mottur	motturnar
dative	mottu	mottunni	mottum	mottunum
genitive	mottu	mottunnar	motta, mottna	mottanna, mottnanna

Italian

Etymology

Unknown. Probably of Pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta
• Hyphenation: mòt‧ta

Noun

motta f (plural motte)

1. landslide

   Synonym: frana

2. rise, slope

   Synonym: rialzo

3. (Venice) a heap of sand or rocks in a riverbed
4. (by extension) an artificial island

Derived terms

• ammottare
• smottare

Further reading

• motta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• matto

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From mot +‎ ta.

Verb

motta (imperative motta, present tense mottar, passive mottas, simple past mottok, past participle mottatt, present participle mottakende)

1. to receive
2. to accept (receive)
3. to get (receive)

Derived terms

• mottakelse, mottagelse
• mottaker, mottager

Related terms

• mottak

References

• “motta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly through Old French mote (“mound”), ultimately from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔt.ta/ (standard)
• Hyphenation: mòt‧ta

Noun

motta f (plural motti)

1. motte (mound of earth)
2. clod (lump of earth)
3. block, lump (of food etc.)

   Synonym: munzeḍḍu

Derived terms

• motta dû casteḍḍu
• smuttamentu
• smuttari

Descendants

• → Italian: Motta (surname)
• → Italian: Motta (toponym)
  • → Italian: Motta Sant'Anastasia
  • → Italian: Motta San Giovanni
  • → Italian: Motta Santa Lucia

See also

• ammunziḍḍari
• bagghiu
• mmotu
• muntagna
• munti
• poju
• vaḍḍu

Swedish

Alternative forms

• mottaga (dated)
• emotta
• emottaga (dated)

Verb

motta (present mottar, preterite mottog, supine mottagit, imperative motta)

1. Alternative form of ta emot

Conjugation

Conjugation of motta (class 6 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	motta		mottas
supine	mottagit		mottagits
imperative	motta		—
imper. plural1	mottan		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	mottar	mottog	mottas	mottogs
ind. plural1	motta	mottogo	mottas	mottogos
subjunctive2	motta	mottoge	mottas	mottoges
present participle		mottagande
past participle		mottagen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of mottaga (class 6 strong, dated)

	active		passive
infinitive	mottaga		mottagas
supine	mottagit		mottagits
imperative	mottag		—
imper. plural1	mottagen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	mottager	mottog	mottages	mottogs
ind. plural1	mottaga	mottogo	mottagas	mottogos
subjunctive2	mottage	mottoge	mottages	mottoges
present participle		mottagande
past participle		mottagen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• mottagande
• mottagning

References

• motta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• motta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• motta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)