ábóti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ábóti, a term borrowed, likely via Old English abbod, from Latin abbās (“abbot”), itself from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare the Old Norse variants abbáti, abbati, which may come more directly from Latin or be under stronger influence from it, or hail from the Old English variants abbat, abbad, rather than abbod. Compare also abbadís (“abbess”) and abba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈauːpouːtɪ/

Noun

ábóti m (genitive singular ábóta, nominative plural ábótar)

1. abbot

Declension

Declension of ábóti (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ábóti	ábótinn	ábótar	ábótarnir
accusative	ábóta	ábótann	ábóta	ábótana
dative	ábóta	ábótanum	ábótum	ábótunum
genitive	ábóta	ábótans	ábóta	ábótanna