rotta

rotta (plural rottas)

1. (music) Alternative form of rota

• Ratto, Tatro, ottar, tarot, tator, torat, torta, troat

From Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɹɔʰtːa]

rotta f (genitive singular rottu, plural rottur)

1. rat (Rattus)

Declension of rotta
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rotta	rottan	rottur	rotturnar
accusative	rottu	rottuna	rottur	rotturnar
dative	rottu	rottuni	rottum	rottunum
genitive	rottu	rottunnar	rotta	rottanna

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish rotta (compare Swedish råtta), from Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/, [ˈro̞t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): rot‧ta

rotta

1. rat
2. (Internet slang) unemployed person living on welfare

   Antonym: lammas

• →? Ingrian: rotta
• →? Karelian:
  • North Karelian: rotta
  • South Karelian: rotta

• “rotta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• ortta, ratot, ratto, rotat, torat

From Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔhta/
• Rhymes: -ɔhta

rotta f (genitive singular rottu, nominative plural rottur)

1. rat
2. (colloquial, derogatory) someone deceitful or scheming

   Synonym: undirförull

Declension of rotta
f-w1	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

Probably borrowed from Finnish rotta, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/, [ˈro̞tː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/, [ˈro̞tːɑ]
• Rhymes: -otː, -otːɑ
• Hyphenation: rot‧ta

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.

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.

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrot.ta/
• Rhymes: -otta
• Hyphenation: rót‧ta

Inherited from Latin rupta [via], compare French route.

rotta f (plural rotte)

1. course, route, lane

   Synonyms: percorso, tragitto, direzione

2. (figurative) orientation (ideological)

   Synonym: orientamento

3. (archaic or regional) path, way

   Synonyms: via, cammino, strada

• rota, rutta (obsolete spellings)

• “rótta^2–3”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 17 robb–schi, UTET, 1994, page 147f.

Deverbal formed with the feminine past participle of rompere (“to break”).

rotta f (plural rotte)

1. (military) defeat, rout

   Synonyms: sconfitta, disfatta

   andare in rotta ― being defeated

2. flood, inundation (of a river)

   Synonyms: staripamento, inondazione

3. breakdown (of relationships)

   venire alle rotte con ― to end relations with

4. calamity, disaster

   Synonym: sciagura

5. (archaic) breaking

   Synonym: rottura

• ropta, rocta, rota (obsolete spellings)

• “rótta¹”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 17 robb–schi, UTET, 1994, page 145ff.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rotta

1. feminine singular of rotto

rotta

1. feminine singular of rotto

• ratto, torta, trota

Regional variants of rotta

North Karelian (Viena)	rotta
South Karelian (Tver)	rotta

Probably borrowed from Finnish rotta, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotːɑ/
• Hyphenation: rot‧ta

rotta (genitive rotan, partitive rottua)

1. rat
2. (South Karelian) Synonym of muakondie (“mole”)

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

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

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.

• 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

Borrowed from Italian rotta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔt.ta/

rotta f (plural rotot)

1. course, route

• rotten

rotta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rotte

rotta f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter or rottor, definite plural rottene or rottone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of rotte
2. definite singular of rotte

rotta (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotta/rott)

1. Alternative form of rotte

rotta

1. plural of rott