sótt

See also: sott, sött, sott', and sott-

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)

1. illness, sickness

Declension

Declension of sótt
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
• kálvsótt
• landfarsótt
• niðurfalssótt
• ólívssótt
• umfarssótt

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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)

1. illness, sickness

Declension

declension of sótt

f-s2	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

Etymology 2

Conjugated form of sækja (“to get, to fetch”).

Verb

1. supine of sækja

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, from *seukaną (“to be sick”) + *-þiz.

Noun

sótt f (genitive sóttar, plural sóttir)

1. sickness, illness, disease

Declension

  Declension of sótt (strong i-stem)

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”)

 

Synonyms

• sjúkdómr
• sjúkleiki, sjúkleikr
• sjúknaðr

Descendants

• Icelandic: sótt
• Faroese: sótt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sott
• Norwegian Bokmål: sott

• Danish: sot
• Old Swedish: sot, sōt
  • Swedish: sot

References

• sótt in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• sótt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sótt

1. second-person plural past indicative active of súga