átt

See also: ATT, att, ätt, ått, and AT&T

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /auht/
    Rhymes: -auht

Noun

átt f (genitive singular áttar, nominative plural áttir)

  1. direction

Declension

Declension of átt (feminine)
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
Declension of átt (strong i-stem)
feminine 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
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

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “átt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39; also available at the Internet Archive
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