pottur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse pottr (“pot, tub, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”). Cognate with Old English pott (“pot”). More at pot.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pottur m (genitive singular potts, nominative plural pottar)

  1. a pot
  2. a pot, a pool of money
  3. a hot tub, a jacuzzi
    Synonym: heitur pottur
  4. (historical) a unit of measurement for liquids equal to 0.966 liters
  5. (dated) a liter, especially of milk [early to late 20th century]

Declension

Declension of pottur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pottur potturinn pottar pottarnir
accusative pott pottinn potta pottana
dative potti pottinum pottum pottunum
genitive potts pottsins potta pottanna

Derived terms

  • pottþéttur m, pottþétt f or n
  • vera illa í pottinn búið (“to be badly prepared”)
  • vera potturinn og pannan í (“be the moving spirit in an enterprise”)
  • vera vel í pottinn búið (“to be well prepared”)
  • víða er pottur brotinn (“it is not only here that things are wrong”)
  • þetta er þannig í pottinn búið (“the real situation is this”)

See also

  • peli (a related unit of measurement for liquids)
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