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Spat
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Appendix:Variations of "spat"
German
Alternative forms
de Spath obsolete, de Spatt obsolete chiefly etymology 2
Pronunciation
de /ʃpaːt/
de De-Spat.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aːt 1
de spart some speakers
Etymology 1
de sparde ine-pro *(s)peh₂-
From de gmh spāt (less often also gmh spăt, possibly by confusion with etymology 2 below). There are no known cognates, but probably related to de Span shaving, clipping.
Noun
m,(e)s,e:^e[dated]
de geology spar
de mathematics parallelepiped
de Parallelflach Parallelepiped
Declension
m,(e)s,e:^e
Hyponyms
de Eisenspat Feldspat Flussspat Kalkspat Zinkspat
Derived terms
de spatig
Descendants
nl spaat 1
fr spath 1
it spato 1
pl szpat 1 spar spar
ru шпат 1
es espato 1
Etymology 2
de medicine
From de gmh spat. Cognate with nl spat, gml spat (whence sv spatt etc.). Further origin de 1. Relation with the Romance word in en spavin is dubious. Has also been compared to grc σπαδών spasm.
Noun
m,es:s.sg
de equestrianism veterinary medicine spavin horse disease caused by an ulcer in the leg
Declension
m,(e)s.sg
Derived terms
de spatig
Descendants
pl szpat 1 spavin spavin
ru шпат 1
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