átta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "atta"

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : átta     Ordinal : áttandi

Etymology

From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔʰtːa]

Numeral

átta

1. eight (cardinal number after sjey (“seven”) and before níggju (“nine”))

References

• Árnason, Kristján (2011), The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 95

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers ^(edit)

	80
←  7	8	9  →
Cardinal: átta     Ordinal: áttundi     Ordinal abbreviation: 8.

Etymology

From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Compare Norwegian åtte, Swedish åtta, Danish otte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈauhta]
• Rhymes: -auhta

Numeral

átta (indeclinable)

1. eight

Noun

átta f (genitive singular áttu, nominative plural áttur)

1. eight (playing card)

Declension

Declension of átta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	átta	áttan	áttur	átturnar
accusative	áttu	áttuna	áttur	átturnar
dative	áttu	áttunni	áttum	áttunum
genitive	áttu	áttunnar	átta	áttanna

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

	80[a], [b], [c], [d]
←  7	8	9  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: átta     Ordinal: átti, áttandi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

átta

1. (cardinal number) eight

Descendants

• Icelandic: átta
• Faroese: átta
• Norwegian: åtte
• Old Swedish: ātta, ata, āta
  • Swedish: åtta
• Old Danish: attæ
  • Danish: otte
• Old Gutnish: ǣt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

átta

1. inflection of átti:
   1. masculine oblique singular
   2. feminine nominative singular
   3. neuter singular

Noun

átta

1. indefinite genitive plural of átt

Participle

átta

1. inflection of áttr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

Verb

átta

1. first-person singular past indicative of eiga