gáta

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gáta, cognate with Danish gåde.

Pronunciation

Noun

gáta f (genitive singular gátu, plural gátur)

  1. riddle

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gáta gátan gátur gáturnar
accusative gátu gátuna gátur gáturnar
dative gátu gátuni gátum gátunum
genitive gátu gátunnar gáta gátanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gáta, cognate with Danish gåde.

Pronunciation

Noun

gáta f (genitive singular gátu, nominative plural gátur)

  1. riddle

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

Cognate with Shetland Scots godek (riddle) and Orcadian Scots gaadie (play with shadows), with all these terms thought to be from a Germanic root related to Proto-Germanic *getaną (to find a way, attain). Compare, in particular, Proto-Slavic *gādàti (to guess) and derivatives such as Polish zagadka (riddle), which may derive from the same root.[1]

Noun

gáta f (genitive gátu, plural gátur)

  1. riddle

Declension

Descendants

  • Danish: gåde
  • Faroese: gáta
  • Icelandic: gáta
  • Norwegian (Bokmål): gåte
  • Norwegian (Nynorsk): gåte
  • Swedish: gåta

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “*gáta”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 158