nótt

• nátt

Inherited from Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

• IPA^(key): /nouʰt/

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• Rhymes: -ouht

nótt f (genitive singular nætur, nominative plural nætur)

1. night

   Synonym: (poetic) njóla

   Antonym: dagur

   Ég vakti fram á nótt

   I woke up at night.

The -ó- comes from earlier -ǫ́-, created by u-mutation of -á-, a vowel change that is no longer productive.

From Old Norse nótt, nátt.

• (Setesdal) IPA^(key): [nɔʊ̯ːtʰː]
• IPA^(key): /nutː/

nótt m (definite singular nóttí, definite singular dative nóttinn, indefinite plural nétta or nétte, definite plural néttan, definite plural dative néttó)

1. (dialectal, Setesdal) alternative form of helg (“night”)
2. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of nott (“night”)

• “nótt” at Vallemål.no

• nǫ́tt, nátt — later form

merging of nasalized ǫ́ and ó

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈnoːtː/

nótt f (genitive nætr, plural nætr)

1. later form of nǫ́tt (“night”)