rætt

Faroese

Verb

rætt

supine of ræða

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz (whence also Old Frisian *rat). The various cognates reflect different preforms. The most common would be the feminine ō-stem *rattā: Old Frisian *ratte, Old Saxon ratta, Old Dutch *ratta, Old High German ratza. Old High German rato and ratta can only reflect borrowings post-dating the High German consonant shift, thus the non-geminate /t/ in rato is of unknown significance.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rætt/, [ræt]

Noun

rætt m

rat

Declension

Declension of rætt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rætt	rættas
accusative	rætt	rættas
genitive	rættes	rætta
dative	rætte	rættum

Descendants

Middle English: ratte, rotte, rat
- English: rat
- Scots: ratt, rat

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