átt

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See also: att, ätt, ått, and AT&T

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse átt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

átt f (genitive singular áttar, nominative plural áttir)

  1. direction

Declension

    Declension of átt
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative átt áttin áttir áttirnar
accusative átt áttina áttir áttirnar
dative átt áttinni áttum áttunum
genitive áttar áttarinnar átta áttanna

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

Alternative forms

Noun

átt f (genitive áttar, plural áttir)

  1. family, race
  2. direction
Declension
Derived terms

See at ætt.

Descendants
  • Icelandic: átt, ætt
  • Faroese: ætt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ætt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ætt
  • Old Swedish: æt
  • Danish: æt

Etymology 2

Participle

átt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of áðr
  2. inflection of áttr:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular/neuter

Verb

átt

  1. inflection of eiga:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. supine
  2. supine of æja

References

  • átt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.