gáta

From Old Norse gáta, cognate with Danish gåde.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɑːta/

  Rhymes: -ɔɑːta

gáta f (genitive singular gátu, plural gátur)

1. riddle

• gátuførur

From Old Norse gáta, cognate with Danish gåde.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkauːta/

  Rhymes: -auːta

gáta f (genitive singular gátu, nominative plural gátur)

1. riddle

• tilgáta

Cognate with Shetland Scots godek (“riddle”) and Orcadian Scots gaadie (“play with shadows”), with all these terms thought to be from a Germanic root related to Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find a way, attain”). Compare, in particular, Proto-Slavic *gādàti (“to guess”) and derivatives such as Polish zagadka (“riddle”), which may derive from the same root.^[1]

gáta f (genitive gátu, plural gátur)

1. riddle