nótt
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse nǫ́tt, nótt, nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Latin nox.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nouʰt/
(file) - Rhymes: -ouht
Noun
nótt f (genitive singular nætur, nominative plural nætur)
- night
- Ég vakti fram á nótt
- I woke up at night.
Declension
declension of nótt
The -ó- comes from earlier -ǫ́-, created by u-mutation of -á-, a vowel change that is no longer productive.
Synonyms
- (night): njóla (poetic)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “night”): dagur
Derived terms
- ekki er öll nótt úti, ekki er öll nótt úti enn, öll nótt er úti
- einnar nætur gaman
- ekki er öll nótt úti enn
- fram á nótt
- vaka fram á nótt
- í fyrrinótt
- í nótt
- á nóttunni, á næturnar
- um nótt
- að nóttu til
- heimskautanótt
- heimskautsnótt
- aðfaranótt
- vetrarnótt
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- (Setesdal) IPA(key): [nɔʊ̯ːtʰː]
- IPA(key): /nutː/
Noun
nótt m (definite singular nóttí, definite singular dative nóttinn, indefinite plural nétta or nétte, definite plural néttan, definite plural dative néttó)
References
- “nótt” at Vallemål.no
Old Norse
Etymology
merging of nasalized ǫ́ and ó
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈnoːtː/
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