nótt

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See also: nott, Notts, Nott, nött, nőtt, and nǫ́tt

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫ́tt, nótt, nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Latin nox.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nouʰt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ouht

Noun

nótt f (genitive singular nætur, nominative plural nætur)

  1. night
    Synonym: (poetic) njóla
    Antonym: dagur
    Ég vakti fram á nótt
    I woke up at night.

Declension

The -ó- comes from earlier -ǫ́-, created by u-mutation of -á-, a vowel change that is no longer productive.

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nótt, nátt.

Pronunciation

Noun

nótt m (definite singular nóttí, definite singular dative nóttinn, indefinite plural nétta or nétte, definite plural néttan, definite plural dative néttó)

  1. (dialectal, Setesdal dialect) alternative form of helg (night)
  2. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of nott (night)

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

merging of nasalized ǫ́ and ó

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈnoːtː/

Noun

nótt f (genitive nætr, plural nætr)

  1. later form of nǫ́tt (night)

Declension