Faroese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Number

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átta

  1. eight, cardinal number after sjey and before níggju

References

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

Icelandic

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Icelandic numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal: átta
    Ordinal: áttundi
    Ordinal abbreviation: 8.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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átta (indeclinable)

  1. eight

Noun

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átta f (genitive singular áttu, nominative plural áttur)

  1. eight (playing card)

Declension

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Declension of átta (feminine)
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

Old Norse

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

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

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átta

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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átta

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

Noun

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átta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of átt

Participle

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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

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átta

  1. first-person singular past indicative of eiga