átta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "atta"

Faroese

**Faroese cardinal numbers**
< 7	8	9 >
Cardinal : átta Ordinal : áttandi

Etymology

From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɔʰtːa]

Number

átta

eight, cardinal number after sjey and before níggju

References

Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 95

Icelandic

**Icelandic numbers ^(edit)**
	80
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: átta Ordinal: áttundi Ordinal abbreviation: 8.

Etymology

From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Compare Norwegian åtte, Swedish åtta, Danish otte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈauhta]
Rhymes: -auhta

Numeral

átta (indeclinable)

eight

Noun

átta f (genitive singular áttu, nominative plural áttur)

eight (playing card)

Declension

Declension of *átta* (feminine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	átta	áttan	áttur	átturnar
accusative	áttu	áttuna	áttur	átturnar
dative	áttu	áttunni	áttum	áttunum
genitive	áttu	áttunnar	átta	áttanna

Old Norse

**Old Norse numbers ^(edit)**
	80^{[a], [b], [c], [d]}
← 7	8	9 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: átta Ordinal: átti, áttandi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

átta

(cardinal number) eight

Descendants

Icelandic: átta
Faroese: átta
Norwegian: åtte
Old Swedish: ātta, ata, āta
- Swedish: åtta
Old Danish: attæ
- Danish: otte
Old Gutnish: ǣt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

átta

inflection of átti:

Noun

átta

indefinite genitive plural of átt

Participle

átta

inflection of áttr:

Verb

átta

first-person singular past indicative of eiga