Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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embætti n (genitive singular embættis, nominative plural embætti)

  1. office (public service position)

Declension

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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embætti n (genitive embættis, plural embætti)

  1. service, office

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