þvottur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þváttr, from Proto-Germanic *þwahtuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθvɔhtʏr/
    Rhymes: -ɔhtʏr

Noun

þvottur m (genitive singular þvotts or þvottar, nominative plural þvottar)

  1. wash, washing (the act of washing, generally)
  2. (specifically) laundry (the act of washing clothes)
    Það stal einhver þvottaefninu mínu og ég þarf að þvo þvott.
    Someone stole my detergent and I need to do laundry.
  3. laundry (clothes about to be, being, or newly washed)

Usage notes

  • The regional dative singular þvætti is preserved from the original declension of this word in Old Norse (þváttr) which belonged to the masculine strong u-stem third declension (in the same manner as máttur, sláttur, þáttur, etc.). It is now normatively in the first declension after the change of -vá- to -vo-.

Declension

Declension of þvottur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þvottur þvotturinn þvottar þvottarnir
accusative þvott þvottinn þvotta þvottana
dative þvotti, þvætti1 þvottinum, þvættinum1 þvottum þvottunum
genitive þvotts, þvottar þvottsins, þvottarins þvotta þvottanna

1Regional.

Derived terms

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “þvottur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “þvottur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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