ótta
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈoːtːɒ]
- Hyphenation: ót‧ta
Verb
ótta
- third-person singular indicative past definite of ó
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ótta from Proto-Germanic *unhtwǭ. Cognate with Old English ūhta, Old Saxon ūhta, Old High German ūhta, regional German Uchte (“midnight mass”), Norwegian Bokmål otte, and as the enhanced form Dutch ochtend (“morning”).
Noun
ótta f (genitive singular óttu, no plural)
- the last part of the night before morning, roughly 3 a.m.; the start of the second of the eight eyktir
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ótta | óttan |
| accusative | óttu | óttuna |
| dative | óttu | óttunni |
| genitive | óttu | óttunnar |
See also
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Noun
ótta
- oblique singular of ótti
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *unhtwǭ. Cognate with Old English ūhta, Old Saxon ūhta, Old High German ūhta, regional German Uchte (“midnight mass”), Norwegian Bokmål otte, and as the enhanced form Dutch ochtend (“morning”).
Noun
ótta f (genitive óttu)
- the last part of the night just before daybreak
Descendants
- Icelandic: ótta
Further reading
- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “ótta”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press