Faroese edit

Faroese cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : átta
    Ordinal : áttandi

Etymology edit

From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation edit

Number edit

átta

  1. eight, cardinal number after sjey and before níggju

References edit

  • Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages) (in English), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 95

Icelandic edit

Icelandic cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : átta
    Ordinal : áttundi

Etymology edit

From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Compare Norwegian åtte, Swedish åtta, Danish otte.

Pronunciation edit

Number edit

átta

  1. eight; the cardinal number after sjö (seven) and before níu (nine).

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

átta f (genitive singular áttu, nominative plural áttur)

  1. eight (playing card)

Declension edit

Old Norse edit

Old Norse numbers (edit)
80[a], [b], [c], [d]
 ←  7 8 9  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: átta
    Ordinal: átti, áttandi

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral edit

átta

  1. (cardinal number) eight
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: átta
  • Faroese: átta
  • Norwegian: åtte
  • Old Swedish: ātta, ata, āta
  • Danish: otte
  • Old Gutnish: ǣt

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

átta

  1. inflection of átti:
    1. masculine oblique singular
    2. feminine nominative singular
    3. neuter singular

Noun edit

átta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of átt

Participle edit

átta

  1. inflection of áttr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

Verb edit

átta

  1. first-person singular past indicative of eiga