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nótt

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See also: nott, Notts, Nott, nött, nőtt, and nǫ́tt

Icelandic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nǫ́tt, nótt, nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Latin nox.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nouʰt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ouht

Noun

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nótt f (genitive singular nætur, nominative plural nætur)

  1. night
    Synonym: (poetic) njóla
    Antonym: dagur
    Ég vakti fram á nótt
    I woke up at night.

Declension

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Declension of nótt (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nótt nóttin nætur næturnar
accusative nótt nóttina nætur næturnar
dative nótt, nóttu1 nóttinni, nóttunni1 nóttum nóttunum
genitive nætur næturinnar nótta, nátta nóttanna, náttanna

1In fixed expressions.

The -ó- comes from earlier -ǫ́-, created by u-mutation of -á-, a vowel change that is no longer productive.

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nótt, nátt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nótt m (definite singular nóttí, definite singular dative nóttinn, indefinite plural nétta or nétte, definite plural néttan, definite plural dative néttó)

  1. (dialectal, Setesdal dialect) alternative form of helg (night)
  2. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of nott (night)

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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merging of nasalized ǫ́ and ó

Pronunciation

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈnoːtː/

Noun

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nótt f (genitive nætr, plural nætr)

  1. later form of nǫ́tt (night)

Declension

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Declension of nótt (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nótt nóttin nætr nætrnar
accusative nótt nóttina nætr nætrnar
dative nótt nóttinni nóttum nóttunum
genitive nætr nætrinnar nótta nóttanna