embætti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛm.paihtɪ/

Noun

embætti n (genitive singular embættis, nominative plural embætti)

office (public service position)

Declension

declension of embætti

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	embætti	embættið	embætti	embættin
accusative	embætti	embættið	embætti	embættin
dative	embætti	embættinu	embættum	embættunum
genitive	embættis	embættisins	embætta	embættanna

Related terms

ambátt
amt

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (derived from the root of ambátt), whence also Old English ambeht, ambiht, Old Saxon ambaht, Old High German ambahti, ambaht (German Amt), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti).

Noun

embætti n (genitive embættis, plural embætti)

service, office

Descendants

Danish: embede
Faroese: embæti, ambæti
Icelandic: embætti
Norwegian: embete
Old Swedish: æmbiti, æmbæti
- Swedish: ämbete
→⇒ Old East Slavic: ѧбетьникъ (ębetĭnikŭ), ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: ѧбедникъ (jabednik)
  - Ukrainian: я́бедник (jábednyk)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: я́беда (jábeda)
- Russian: я́бедник (jábednik)
  - ⇒ Russian: я́беда (jábeda)

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