gátt

See also: gatt, gått, gą̊tt, and GATT

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse gátt, from Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kauht/
    Rhymes: -auht

Noun

gátt f (genitive singular gáttar, nominative plural gáttir or gættir)

  1. doorway

Declension
declension of gátt
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gátt gáttin gáttir gáttirnar
accusative gátt gáttina gáttir gáttirnar
dative gátt gáttinni gáttum gáttunum
genitive gáttar gáttarinnar gátta gáttanna

Derived terms
  • í hálfa gátt (ajar, half-open)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz (“the act of going”).

Noun

gátt f (genitive gáttar, plural gáttir)

  1. the rabbet of a doorsill or doorpost
  2. (plural only) doorway
    • verse 1 of the Hávamál
      Gáttir allar, / áðr gangi fram, / um skoðask skyli, / um skyggnask skyli, / því at óvíst er at vita, / hvar óvinir / sitja á fleti fyrir.
      [at] all doorways, / ere one goes forth, / one should spy, / one should be keen, / for 'tis impossible to know, / where foes / sit on the floor within.
    Synonym: dyrr

Declension
  Declension of gátt (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gátt gáttin gáttir gáttirnar
accusative gátt gáttina gáttir gáttirnar
dative gátt gáttinni gáttum gáttunum
genitive gáttar gáttarinnar gátta gáttanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: gátt, gætt
  • Faroese: gátt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gått; (dialectal) gótt, gøtt
  • Elfdalian: gą̊t

References
  • gátt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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