dáð

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dad"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dáð, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tauːð/
• Rhymes: -auːð

Noun

dáð f (genitive singular dáðar, nominative plural dáðir)

1. deed, achievement

Declension

Declension of dáð (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dáð	dáðin	dáðir	dáðirnar
accusative	dáð	dáðina	dáðir	dáðirnar
dative	dáð	dáðinni	dáðum	dáðunum
genitive	dáðar	dáðarinnar	dáða	dáðanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis.

Noun

dáð f

1. deed
2. valour
3. energy

Declension

Declension of dáð (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dáð	dáðin	dáðir	dáðirnar
accusative	dáð	dáðina	dáðir	dáðirnar
dative	dáð	dáðinni	dáðum	dáðunum
genitive	dáðar	dáðarinnar	dáða	dáðanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: dáð
• Faroese: dáð
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dåd f or m

• Jamtish: dáð
• Elfdalian: dåð
• Old Swedish: dāþ
  • Swedish: dåd n
• Old Danish: dāth
  • Danish: dåd
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dåd
  • Scanian: dáð
• Gutnish: dad

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dáð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59; also available at the Internet Archive