naut

See also: năut, na̭ṷ̄t, -naut, and naut.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nøyːt/

  Rhymes: -øyːt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with English neat.

Noun

naut n (genitive singular nauts, nominative plural naut)

1. bull

Declension

declension of naut

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	naut	nautið	naut	nautin
accusative	naut	nautið	naut	nautin
dative	nauti	nautinu	nautum	nautunum
genitive	nauts	nautsins	nauta	nautanna

Synonyms

• boli
• tarfur
• tuddi

Derived terms

Derived terms

• nautakjöt
• nautalundir
• stara eins og naut á nývirki

• ungnaut
• ungnautakjöt

Etymology 2

Verb

1. first/third-person singular active past indicative of njóta

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

naut

1. past of nyta

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• aut (Provençal)

Etymology

From Latin altus.

Adjective

naut m (feminine singular nauta, masculine plural nauts, feminine plural nautas)

1. high

   Antonym: bas

Derived terms

• nautor

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nautą, related to Old English nēat (whence English neat), Old High German nōz (whence dialectal German Noss).

Noun

naut n (genitive nauts, plural naut)

1. bull

Declension

  Declension of naut (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	naut	nautit	naut	nautin
accusative	naut	nautit	naut	nautin
dative	nauti	nautinu	nautum	nautunum
genitive	nauts	nautsins	nauta	nautanna

Synonyms

• tarfr

Descendants

• Danish: nød n (via Old East Norse dialect nöt)
• Faroese: neyt n
• Icelandic: naut n

• Norwegian (nynorsk): naut n
• Swedish: nöt n (via Old East Norse dialect nöt)

References

• “naut”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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Unua

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *na (a particle which functioned like a definite article) + *ʔuta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naut/

Noun

naut

1. place

Alternative forms

• nut

Further reading

• Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)

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Westrobothnian

Verb

1. To consume, wear through usage.

Noun

1. Cattle.