vatn
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vatn n (genitive singular vatns, plural vøtn)
Usage notes
[edit]Declension
[edit]n5 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vatn | vatnið | vøtn | vøtnini |
accusative | vatn | vatnið | vøtn | vøtnini |
dative | vatni | vatninum | vøtnum | vøtnunum |
genitive | vatns | vatnsins | vatna | vatnanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- tað rennur ikki vatn ímillum (teirra) - "there runs no water between them" (they are best friends)
- vatn kemur aftur, har vatn hevur verið - water comes back, where water has been
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vatn n (genitive singular vatns, nominative plural vötn)
- (uncountable) water (H₂O)
- Vatnið er mjög tært.
- The water is very clear.
- Vatnið er mjög tært.
- (countable) a lake, a water
- Á Arnarvatnsheiði er fjöldi vatna.
- On Arnarvatnsheiði [there] is a multitude of lakes.
- Á Arnarvatnsheiði er fjöldi vatna.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vatn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- vatn in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]vatn n (definite singular vatnet, indefinite plural vatn, definite plural vatna or vatnene)
- alternative form of vann
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Akin to English water.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vatn n (definite singular vatnet, indefinite plural vatn, definite plural vatna)
- water (chemical substance)
- Eg skulle ynskja eg hadde noko vatn å drikka.
- I wish that I had some water to drink.
- a (smaller) lake
- Dette vatnet har eg ikkje sett før.
- I have not seen this lake before.
- bodily fluid that looks like water
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “vatn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *watōr, whence also Old Saxon and Old Dutch watar, Old English wæter, Old Frisian weter, Old High German wazzar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Note that the Proto-Germanic stem of this word alternated between ending in -r (nominative and accusative singular) and in -n (other forms). The Old Norse word preserves the alternative stem ending in -n which was lost in most Germanic languages (the exception being Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō), genitive 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 (watins)), leveling the nominative and accusative singular forms to also use this stem. Other Germanic languages typically leveled the paradigm of this word to be based entirely on the -r stem (e.g. Old English wæter, genitive wætres).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vatn n
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: vatn
- Faroese: vatn
- Norn: vatn
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vatn, vats-, vass- (e.g. in vassbasert)
- Elfdalian: wattn
- Old Swedish: vatn, vatu-
- Swedish: vatten, vattu- (e.g. in Vattumannen)
- Old Danish: watn, wan, wand
- Scanian: vann
- Gutnish: vattn
References
[edit]- “vatn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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