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ætt

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See also: -ætt, aett, and ätt

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse átt/ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)

  1. dynasty, lineage
  2. generation
  3. (biology) family (familja)
  4. language family

Declension

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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

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Noun

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ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)

  1. direction, point of the compass
  2. wind direction

Declension

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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

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz. Doublet of átt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ætt f (genitive singular ættar, nominative plural ættir)

  1. family (referring to an extended family, dynasty, etc.)
  2. (biology, taxonomy) family

Declension

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See also

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ætt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ætt f (definite singular ætta, indefinite plural ætter, definite plural ættene)

  1. extended family, clan

References

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (possession, property).

Noun

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ætt f (genitive ættar, plural ættir)

  1. quarter of the heaven, direction
  2. family, extraction, pedigree
  3. generation

Declension

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Declension of ætt (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ætt ættin ættir ættirnar
accusative ætt ættina ættir ættirnar
dative ætt ættinni ættum ættunum
genitive ættar ættarinnar ætta ættanna

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: aett
  • Icelandic: átt, ætt
  • Faroese: ætt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ætt
  • Old Swedish: æt
  • Danish: æt
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ætt

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ætt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 525; also available at the Internet Archive