prostrat

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōstrātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾusˈtɾat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [pɾosˈtɾat]

Participle

prostrat (feminine prostrada, masculine plural prostrats, feminine plural prostrades)

1. past participle of prostrar

Adjective

prostrat (feminine prostrada, masculine plural prostrats, feminine plural prostrades)

1. (botany) prostrate, procumbent

   Synonym: procumbent

Derived terms

• prostrar

Related terms

• prostració

Further reading

• “prostrat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prostratus.

Adjective

prostrat m or n (feminine singular prostrată, masculine plural prostrați, feminine and neuter plural prostrate)

1. prostrate

Declension

Declension of prostrat

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	prostrat		prostrată	prostrați	prostrate
	definite	prostratul		prostrata	prostrații	prostratele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	prostrat		prostrate	prostrați	prostrate
	definite	prostratului		prostratei	prostraților	prostratelor

Scots

Pronunciation

• (Early Scots) IPA^(key): [pro̞ːstrat]
• (Early Middle Scots) IPA^(key): [proːstrat]
• (Late Middle Scots) IPA^(key): [proːstrat]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English prostrate.

Alternative forms

• prostrate

Verb

prostrat (third-person singular simple present prostratis, present participle prostratyng, simple past prostratit/prostrated, past participle prostratit/prostrated)

1. (Middle Scots, reflexive) to cast (oneself) down, as in submission
2. (Middle Scots, Scots law, transitive) to offer (something) submissively or reverently
3. (Middle Scots, intransitive) to fall down flat (on the ground)

Conjugation

Middle Scots conjugation of prostrat

infinitive	(to) prostrat
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	prostrat	prostratit
2nd person singular	prostratis	prostratit
3rd person singular	prostratis	prostratit
¹ plural	prostrat	prostratit
imperative	present	—
singular	prostrat (þow)!
¹ plural	prostrat (ȝe)!
participle	present	past
	prostratand	prostratit
Note: When not immediately preceded or followed by a pronoun, a verb in the present tense takes the -is inflection, in any person and number. See Northern Subject Rule. ¹ Commonly used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Etymology 2

The same as the first etymology.

Alternative forms

• prostrate, prostrait

Adjective

prostrat

1. (Middle Scots) prostrate (on the ground)
2. (Middle Scots) submissive (to a person)