gátt

See also: gatt, gått, gą̊tt, and GATT

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• gætt

Etymology

From Old Norse gátt, from Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kauht/

  Rhymes: -auht

Noun

gátt f (genitive singular gáttar, nominative plural gáttir or (not when referring to a web portal) gættir)

1. doorway
2. (anatomy) atrium (of the heart)
3. (Internet) portal

Declension

Declension of gátt (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gátt	gáttin	gáttir, gættir1	gáttirnar, gættirnar1
accusative	gátt	gáttina	gáttir, gættir1	gáttirnar, gættirnar1
dative	gátt	gáttinni	gáttum	gáttunum
genitive	gáttar	gáttarinnar	gátta	gáttanna

¹Not when referring to a web portal.

Derived terms

• í hálfa gátt (“ajar, half-open”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• gætt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz (“the act of going”).

Noun

gátt f (genitive gáttar, plural gáttir)

1. the rabbet of a doorsill or doorpost
2. (plural only) doorway

   Synonym: dyrr

   • Hávamál, stanza 1

     Gáttir allar, · áðr gangi fram, / um skoðask skyli, / um skyggnask skyli, / því at óvíst er at vita, · hvar óvinir / sitja á fleti fyrir.

     [At] all doorways, / ere one goes forth, / one should spy, / one should be keen, / for it's unsure to know, / where foes / sit on the floor within.

Declension

Declension of gátt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gátt	gáttin	gáttir	gáttirnar
accusative	gátt	gáttina	gáttir	gáttirnar
dative	gátt	gáttinni	gáttum	gáttunum
genitive	gáttar	gáttarinnar	gátta	gáttanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gátt, gætt
• Faroese: gátt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gått; (dialectal) gótt, gøtt
• Swedish: gåt
• Elfdalian: gą̊t

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gátt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 162; also available at the Internet Archive