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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þváttr, from Proto-Germanic *þwahtuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
þvottur m (genitive singular þvottar or þvotts, nominative plural þvottar)
- wash, washing (the act of washing, generally)
- (specifically) laundry (the act of washing clothes)
Það stal einhver þvottaefninu mínu og ég þarf að þvo þvott.- Someone stole my detergent and I need to do laundry.
- laundry (clothes about to be, being, or newly washed)
Declension
Note: The original declension of this word in Old Norse (þváttr) was the masculine strong u-stem third declension (in the same manner as máttur, sláttur, þáttur, etc.), but changed to the first declension after the change of -vá- to -vo-.
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