átta

See also: atta, Atta, attá, attā, åtta, and attą̊

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : átta     Ordinal : áttandi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔʰtːa]

Number

átta

1. eight, cardinal number after sjey and before níggju

References

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

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Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : átta     Ordinal : áttundi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -auhta

Number

átta

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

Derived terms

• klukkan átta

Noun

átta f (genitive singular áttu, nominative plural áttur)

1. eight (playing card)

Declension

declension of átta

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	átta	áttan	áttur	átturnar
accusative	áttu	áttuna	áttur	átturnar
dative	áttu	áttunni	áttum	áttunum
genitive	áttu	áttunnar	átta	áttanna

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Old Norse

Old Norse cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : átta     Ordinal : átti

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

átta

1. eight

Descendants

• Icelandic: átta
• Faroese: átta
• Norwegian: åtte
• Old Swedish: ātta, ata, āta
  • Swedish: åtta
• Danish: otte
• Old Gutnish: ǣt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

átta

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

Noun

átta

1. indefinite genitive plural of átt

Participle

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

átta

1. first-person singular past indicative of eiga