See also: nott, Notts, Nott, nött, nőtt, and nǫ́tt

Icelandic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse nǫ́tt, nótt, nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Latin nox.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nouʰt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ouht

Noun edit

nótt f (genitive singular nætur, nominative plural nætur)

  1. night
    Ég vakti fram á nótt
    I woke up at night.

Declension edit

The -ó- comes from earlier -ǫ́-, created by u-mutation of -á-, a vowel change that is no longer productive.

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse nótt, nátt.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nótt m (definite singular nóttí, definite singular dative nóttinn, indefinite plural nétta or nétte, definite plural néttan, definite plural dative néttó)

  1. (dialectal, Setesdal) alternative form of helg (night)
  2. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of nott (night)

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Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

merging of nasalized ǫ́ and ó

Pronunciation edit

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈnoːtː/

Noun edit

nótt f (genitive nætr, plural nætr)

  1. later form of nǫ́tt (night)

Declension edit