gátt

See also: gatt, gått, gą̊tt, and GATT

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• gætt

Etymology

From Old Norse gátt, from Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kauht/

  Rhymes: -auht

Noun

gátt f (genitive singular gáttar, nominative plural gáttir or gættir)

1. doorway

Declension

declension of gátt

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gátt	gáttin	gáttir	gáttirnar
accusative	gátt	gáttina	gáttir	gáttirnar
dative	gátt	gáttinni	gáttum	gáttunum
genitive	gáttar	gáttarinnar	gátta	gáttanna

Derived terms

• í hálfa gátt (ajar, half-open)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• gætt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz (“the act of going”).

Noun

gátt f (genitive gáttar, plural gáttir)

1. the rabbet of a doorsill or doorpost
2. (plural only) doorway
   • verse 1 of the Hávamál

     Gáttir allar, / áðr gangi fram, / um skoðask skyli, / um skyggnask skyli, / því at óvíst er at vita, / hvar óvinir / sitja á fleti fyrir.

     [at] all doorways, / ere one goes forth, / one should spy, / one should be keen, / for 'tis impossible to know, / where foes / sit on the floor within.

   Synonym: dyrr

Declension

  Declension of gátt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gátt	gáttin	gáttir	gáttirnar
accusative	gátt	gáttina	gáttir	gáttirnar
dative	gátt	gáttinni	gáttum	gáttunum
genitive	gáttar	gáttarinnar	gátta	gáttanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gátt, gætt
• Faroese: gátt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gått; (dialectal) gótt, gøtt
• Elfdalian: gą̊t

References

• gátt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.