sótt
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sœʰtː/
- Rhymes: -œʰtː
- Homophone: søtt
Noun
sótt f (genitive singular sóttar, plural sóttir)
Declension
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sótt | sóttin | sóttir | sóttirnar |
| accusative | sótt | sóttina | sóttir | sóttirnar |
| dative | sótt | sóttini | sóttum | sóttunum |
| genitive | sóttar | sóttarinnar | sótta | sóttanna |
Derived terms
- banasótt
- blóðsótt
- bráðasótt
- brunasótt
- farsótt
- garnasótt
- gulusótt
- hitasótt
- kálksótt
- kálvsótt
- landfarsótt
- niðurfalssótt
- ólívssótt
- sóttarhald
- umfarssótt
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /souht/
- Rhymes: -ouht
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Noun
sótt f (genitive singular sóttar, nominative plural sóttir)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sótt | sóttin | sóttir | sóttirnar |
| accusative | sótt | sóttina | sóttir | sóttirnar |
| dative | sótt | sóttinni | sóttum | sóttunum |
| genitive | sóttar | sóttarinnar | sótta | sóttanna |
Derived terms
- áblásturssótt
- hettusótt
- jóðsótt
- sárasótt
- sótthreinsa
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sótt
- supine of sækja (“to get, to fetch”)
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, from *seukaną (“to be sick”) + *-þiz.
Noun
sótt f (genitive sóttar, plural sóttir)
- sickness, illness, disease
- Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
- Hugr einn þat veit,
er býr hjarta nær,
einn er hann sér of sefa;
ǫng er sótt verri
hveim snotrum manni
en sér engu at una.- The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
Each is his own judge:
The worst sickness for a wise man
Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.
- The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
- Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sótt | sóttin | sóttir | sóttirnar |
| accusative | sótt | sóttina | sóttir | sóttirnar |
| dative | sótt | sóttinni | sóttum | sóttunum |
| genitive | sóttar | sóttarinnar | sótta | sóttanna |
Derived terms
- blóðsótt (“PMS; dysentery”)
- fársótt (“pestilence”)
- sóttalauss (“free from sickness”)
- sóttall (“causing illness, contagious”)
- sóttbitinn (“sickness-bitten”)
- sóttdauðr (“sickness-dead, struck down from sickness”)
- sótthættr (“dangerous, causing sickness”)
- sóttlauss (“not ill”)
- sóttlera (“prostrate from sickness or fever”)
- sóttlitill (“slightly ill”)
- sóttnæmr (“apt to be taken ill, contagious”)
- sóttsjúkr (“fever-sick, feverish”)
- sótttekinn (“taken ill”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: sótt
- Faroese: sótt
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sott
- Norwegian Bokmål: sott
- Old Swedish: sōt
- Swedish: sot
- Danish: sot
Further reading
- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “sótt”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 580
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sótt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 397; also available at the Internet Archive
Etymology 2
Participle
sótt
- strong feminine nominative singular of sóttr
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of sóttr
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of sóttr
Verb
sótt
- supine of sǿkja
Etymology 3
Verb
sótt
- second-person singular past indicative active of súga