vatn
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
Noun
vatn n (genitive singular vatns, plural vøtn)
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of vatn | ||||
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n5 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vatn | vatnið | vøtn | vøtnini |
accusative | vatn | vatnið | vøtn | vøtnini |
dative | vatni | vatninum | vøtnum | vøtnunum |
genitive | vatns | vatnsins | vatna | vatnanna |
Derived terms
- tað rennur ikki vatn ímillum (teirra) - "there runs no water between them" (they are best friends)
- vatn kemur aftur, har vatn hevur verið - water comes back, where water has been
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
Noun
vatn n (genitive singular vatns, nominative plural vötn)
- (uncountable) water (H₂O)
- Vatnið er mjög tært.
- The water is very clear.
- Vatnið er mjög tært.
- (countable) a lake, a water
- Á Arnarvatnsheiði er fjöldi vatna.
- On Arnarvatnsheiði [there] is a multitude of lakes.
- Á Arnarvatnsheiði er fjöldi vatna.
Declension
Declension of vatn | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vatn | vatnið | vötn | vötnin |
accusative | vatn | vatnið | vötn | vötnin |
dative | vatni | vatninu | vötnum | vötnunum |
genitive | vatns | vatnsins | vatna | vatnanna |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vatn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- vatn in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
vatn n (definite singular vatnet, indefinite plural vatn, definite plural vatna or vatnene)
- alternative form of vann
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Akin to English water.
Pronunciation
Noun
vatn n (definite singular vatnet, indefinite plural vatn, definite plural vatna)
- water (chemical substance)
- Eg skulle ynskt at eg hadde noko vatn å drikka.
- I wish that I had some water to drink.
- (smaller) lake
- Dette vatnet har eg ikkje sett før.
- I have not seen this lake before.
- Dette vatnet har eg ikkje sett før.
- bodily fluid that looks like water
Derived terms
See also
References
- “vatn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *watōr, whence also Old Saxon and Old Dutch watar, Old English wæter, Old Frisian weter, Old High German wazzar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Note that the Proto-Germanic stem of this word alternated between ending in -r (nominative and accusative singular) and in -n (other forms). The Old Norse word preserves the alternate stem ending in -n which was lost in most Germanic languages (the exception being Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō), genitive 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 (watins)), leveling the nominative and accusative singular forms to also use this stem. Other Germanic languages typically leveled the paradigm of this word to be based entirely on the -r stem (e.g. Old English wæter, genitive wæteres).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "singular" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwatn/, /ˈwɑtn/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "plural" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwɒtn/, /ˈwɔtn/
Noun
vatn n
Declension
Descendants
- Icelandic: vatn
- Faroese: vatn
- Norn: vatn
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: vatn, vatu-
- Swedish: vatten, vattu- (e.g. in Vattumannen)
- Old Danish: watn, wan, wand
- Danish: vand
- Scanian: vann
- Gutnish: vattn
- Elfdalian: wattn
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
References
- “vatn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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