naut
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nøyːt/
- Rhymes: -øyːt
Etymology 1
From Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with English neat.
Noun
naut n (genitive singular nauts, nominative plural naut)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | naut | nautið | naut | nautin |
accusative | naut | nautið | naut | nautin |
dative | nauti | nautinu | nautum | nautunum |
genitive | nauts | nautsins | nauta | nautanna |
Derived terms
- nautakjöt
- nautalundir
- stara eins og naut á nývirki
- ungnaut
- ungnautakjöt
Etymology 2
Verb
naut
- first/third-person singular active past indicative of njóta
Middle English
Pronoun
naut
- (Early Middle English) alternative form of nought
Adverb
naut
- (Early Middle English) alternative form of nought
Adjective
naut
- (Early Middle English) alternative form of nought
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
naut
- (non-standard since 2005) past tense of nyte
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognates include archaic English neat.
Noun
naut n (definite singular nautet, indefinite plural naut, definite plural nauta)
Etymology 2
Verb
naut
- past tense of nyta
References
- “naut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
naut m (feminine singular nauta, masculine plural nauts, feminine plural nautas)
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *nautą, related to Old English nēat (whence English neat), Old High German nōz (whence dialectal German Noss).
Noun
naut n (genitive nauts, plural naut)
Declension
neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | naut | nautit | naut | nautin |
accusative | naut | nautit | naut | nautin |
dative | nauti | nautinu | nautum | nautunum |
genitive | nauts | nautsins | nauta | nautanna |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
naut
- first-person singular past indicative active of njóta
- third-person singular past indicative active of njóta
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “naut”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Plautdietsch
Adjective
naut
Unua
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *na (a particle which functioned like a definite article) + *ʔuta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naut/
Noun
naut
Alternative forms
Further reading
- Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)