ætt
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse átt/ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʰtː/
- Rhymes: -aʰtː
Noun
ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)
- dynasty, lineage
- generation
- (biology) family (familja)
- language family
Declension
| Declension of ætt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ætt | ættin | ættir | ættirnar |
| accusative | ætt | ættina | ættir | ættirnar |
| dative | ætt | ættini | ættum | ættunum |
| genitive | ættar | ættarinnar | ætta | ættanna |
Related terms
Declension
| Declension of ætt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ætt | ættin | ættir | ættirnar |
| accusative | ætt | ættina | ættir | ættirnar |
| dative | ætt | ættini | ættum | ættunum |
| genitive | ættar | ættarinnar | ætta | ættanna |
Derived terms
- vindætt
- høgætt
- lágætt
Related terms
- lot
- kastivindur
- útnyrðingur
- landnyrðingur
- útsynningur
- landsynningur
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aiht/
- Rhymes: -aiht
Noun
Declension
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛtː/, /ætː/
References
- “ætt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possession, property”).
Noun
ætt f (genitive ættar, plural ættir)
- quarter of the heaven, direction
- family, extraction, pedigree
- generation
Declension
Derived terms
- austrátt f (“the east”)
- austrætt f (“the east”)
- bóndaætt f (“the extraction of a bóndi”)
- fǫðurætt f (“kinsfolk on the father's side”)
- norðrátt f (“the north”)
- norðrætt f (“the north”)
- suðrætt f (“the south”)
- vestrætt f (“the western quarter (of the heavens)”)
- áttarauki m (“increase of the family”)
- áttarmót n (“relationship”)
- áttarœxling f (“propagation of kin”)
- áttbogi m (“lineage”)
- átthagi m (“one's native place, one's home”)
- áttleggr m (“stem, lineage”)
- áttlera (“degenerate”)
- áttniðjungr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
- áttniðr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
- áttrunnr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
- áttstafr m (“kinsman”)
- áttungr m (“kinsman”)
- áttvísi f (“genealogical knowledge”)
- ættarbragð n (“family trait”)
- ættarbœtir m (“betterer of one's family”)
- ættarferð f (“origin, descent”)
- ættarfylgja f (“family guardian spirit”)
- ættargift f (“family luck”)
- ættargripr m (“heirloom”)
- ættarhaugr m (“family cairn, family tomb”)
- ættarhǫgg n (“family blow, calamity”)
- ættarmót n (“family likeness”)
- ættarnafn n (“hereditary title”)
- ættarréttr m (“hereditary right”)
- ættarríki n (“hereditary kingdom”)
- ættarskarð n (“a loss (by death) in a family”)
- ættarskǫmm f (“a disgrace to a family (of a person)”)
- ættarspillir m (“family spoiler, disgracer”)
- ættarsvipr m (“family likeness”)
- ættartala f (“pedigree, genealogy”)
- ættartal n (“pedigree, genealogy”)
- ættaðr (“descended”)
- ættbogi m (“lineage”)
- ættborinn (“born native…”)
- ætterni n (“descent, extraction, origin; family, kindred, kinsmen”)
- ættfolk n (“relations, kinsmen”)
- ættfróðr (“well versed in pedigrees”)
- ættfœrsla f (“adoption”)
- ættgangr m (“succession”)
- ættgeigr m (“family calamity”)
- ættgengr (“characteristic of one's family, born in the blood”)
- ættgóðr (“of good family”)
- ættgœði n (“goodness of origin, rank, high birth”)
- ættgǫfugr (“of noble extraction”)
- ætthagi m (“one's native place, one's home”)
- ætthringr m (“lineage, pedigree”)
- ættingi m (“kinsman”)
- ættjǫrð f (“native country”)
- ættkvísl f (“a line, branch of family”)
- ættland n (“one's native land”)
- ættleggr m (“stem, lineage”)
- ættleifð f (“patrimony”)
- ættleiða (“to legitimate”)
- ættleiðingr m (“a legitimated child”)
- ættleiðing f (“legitimation (of a natural child)”)
- ættlera (“degenerate”)
- ættleri m (“a degenerate person, a discredit to a family”)
- ættliðr m (“a link in a pedigree”)
- ættmenn m pl (“kinsmenn”)
- ættnafn n (“a (Christian) name usual in the family”)
- ættniðr m (“descendant”)
- ættrif n (“stem, lineage”)
- ættsmár (“of low extraction”)
- ættstórr (“high-born”)
- ættstœri f (“greatness of extraction”)
- ættvíg f (“slaying of a kinsman”)
- ættvísi f (“knowledge of genealogies”)
Descendants
References
- ætt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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