áta
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ētǭ (“food”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).
Noun
áta f (genitive átu)
- eating
- food, meet
Declension
Declension of áta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | áta | átan | átur | áturnar |
accusative | átu | átuna | átur | áturnar |
dative | átu | átunni | átum | átunum |
genitive | átu | átunnar | átna | átnanna |
Related terms
- át n
- eta
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: åte f or n
- Norwegian Bokmål: åte m or f or n
References
- áta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.