vatn

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

• IPA^(key): /vaʰtn̥/

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vatn n (genitive singular vatns, plural vøtn)

1. (uncountable) water (H₂O)
2. (nautical) sea
3. body fluid
4. lake

kasta sær av vatni(num) - to pee

• tað rennur ikki vatn ímillum (teirra) - "there runs no water between them" (they are best friends)
• vatn kemur aftur, har vatn hevur verið - water comes back, where water has been

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

• IPA^(key): /vaʰtn̥/

vatn n (genitive singular vatns, nominative plural vötn)

1. (uncountable) water (H₂O)

   Vatnið er mjög tært.

   The water is very clear.

2. (countable) a lake, a water

   Á Arnarvatnsheiði er fjöldi vatna.

   On Arnarvatnsheiði is a multitude of lakes.

   • Genesis 1-3 (English, Icelandic)

     Guð sagði: „Verði festing milli vatnanna, og hún greini vötn frá vötnum.“

     And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

• horvatn
• kasta vatni
• munnvatn
• stöðuvatn
• vatnsbað
• vatnsleysi

• “vatn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• vatn in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

vatn n (definite singular vatnet, indefinite plural vatn, definite plural vatna or vatnene)

1. alternative form of vann

• brakkvatn
• ferskvatn
• sjøvatn
• tidvatn

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Akin to English water.

• IPA^(key): /vatn/, , /ˈvatən/, ,
• Hyphenation: vatn, vat‧n

vatn n (definite singular vatnet, indefinite plural vatn, definite plural vatna)

1. water (chemical substance)

   Eg skulle ynskja eg hadde noko vatn å drikka.

   I wish that I had some water to drink.

2. a (smaller) lake

   Dette vatnet har eg ikkje sett før.

   I have not seen this lake before.

3. bodily fluid that looks like water

• undervass-
• vass-

• “vatn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *watōr, whence also Old Saxon and Old Dutch watar, Old English wæter, Old Frisian weter, Old High German wazzar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Note that the Proto-Germanic stem of this word alternated between ending in -r (nominative and accusative singular) and in -n (other forms). The Old Norse word preserves the alternative stem ending in -n which was lost in most Germanic languages (the exception being Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō), genitive 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 (watins)), leveling the nominative and accusative singular forms to also use this stem. Other Germanic languages typically leveled the paradigm of this word to be based entirely on the -r stem (e.g. Old English wæter, genitive wætres).

• (in the singular) IPA^(key): /ˈwatn/, /ˈwɑtn/
• (in the plural) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒtn/, /ˈwɔtn/

vatn n

1. water
2. a body of freshwater; lake, waterway
3. fresh water (in contrast with seawater)

   Antonym: sær

• Icelandic: vatn
• Faroese: vatn
• Norn: vatn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vatn, vats-, vass- (e.g. in vassbasert)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: vatn, vass-
• Elfdalian: wattn
• Old Swedish: vatn, vatu-
  • Swedish: vatten, vattu- (e.g. in Vattumannen)
• Old Danish: watn, wan, wand
  • Danish: vand
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vann
• Scanian: vann
• Gutnish: vattn

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vatn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive