gátt

See also: GATT, gått, gą̊tt, gatt, and gætt

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• gætt

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse gátt, from Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kauht/

  Rhymes: -auht

Noun

gátt f (genitive singular gáttar, nominative plural gáttir or gættir)

1. doorway

Declension

declension of gátt

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gátt	gáttin	gáttir	gáttirnar
accusative	gátt	gáttina	gáttir	gáttirnar
dative	gátt	gáttinni	gáttum	gáttunum
genitive	gáttar	gáttarinnar	gátta	gáttanna

Derived terms

• í hálfa gátt (ajar, half-open)

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• gætt

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz (“the act of going”).

Noun

gátt f (genitive gáttar, plural gáttir)

1. the rabbet of a doorsill or doorpost
2. (plural only) doorway
   • Hávamál 1.

     Gáttir allar, / áðr gangi fram, / um skoðask skyli, / um skyggnast skyli, / því at óvíst er at vita, / hvar óvinir / sitja á fleti fyrir.

   Synonym: dyrr

Declension

  Declension of gátt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gátt	gáttin	gáttir	gáttirnar
accusative	gátt	gáttina	gáttir	gáttirnar
dative	gátt	gáttinni	gáttum	gáttunum
genitive	gáttar	gáttarinnar	gátta	gáttanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gátt f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gått f

References

• gátt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.