rót

See also: ROT, Rot, rot, rot-, ròt, röt, rôt, rōt, and rőt

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rót (“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”); compare with English wort and the Latin rādīx (“root”). Cognate with the Icelandic rót; Old English rōt (whence the Middle English word root (“the underground part of a plant”) came, whence the English root came).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɹɔuːt]

Noun

rót f (genitive singular rótar, plural røtur)

  1. root

Declension
Declension of rót
f12 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rót rótin røtur røturnar
accusative rót rótina røtur røturnar
dative rót rótini rótum rótunum
genitive rótar rótarinnar róta rótanna

Derived terms
  • gularót f (“carrot”)
  • piparrót f (“horseradish”)
  • reyðrót f (“beetroot”)
  • rótaslag n (“specific root vegetable, type of root vegetable; root vegetable species”)
  • sopprót f (“mycorrhiza”)
  • trærót f (“tree root”)
  • hvannrót
  • rótafræ
  • rótakál
  • sukurrót
  • tannrót

Hungarian

Etymology

ró +‎ -t

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈroːt]

Noun

rót

  1. accusative singular of ró

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rót (“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”); compare with English wort and the Latin rādīx (“root”). Cognate with the Faroese rót; Old English rōt (whence the Middle English word root (“the underground part of a plant”) came, whence the English root came).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rouːt/
  • Rhymes: -ouːt

Noun

rót f (genitive singular rótar, nominative plural rætur)

  1. (botany) root
  2. the roots of something, the beginning or origin
    Rætur fjallsins eru grasi vaxnar.
    The foot of the mountain is covered with grass.
  3. (mathematics) root
  4. (linguistics) root
    Hvernig finnur maður rót nafnorða?
    How does one find the root of nouns?

Declension
declension of rót
f-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rót rótin rætur ræturnar
accusative rót rótina rætur ræturnar
dative rót rótinni rótum rótunum
genitive rótar rótarinnar róta rótanna

Derived terms
  • kalmusrót f (“sweet flag, calamus”)
  • kvaðratrót f (“square root”)
  • breyta frá rótum
  • eiga rætur að rekja til
  • festa rætur
  • undirrót

Old Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /r͈oːd/

Noun

rót m

  1. road
  2. highway

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rót rótL róitL
Vocative róit rótL rótuH
Accusative rótN rótL rótuH
Genitive róitL rót rótN
Dative routL rótaib rótaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

References
  • “1 rót” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrōts.

Noun

rót f

  1. (literal and figurative senses) root

Declension
  Declension of rót (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rót rótin rœtr rœtrnar
accusative rót rótina rœtr rœtrnar
dative rót rótinni rótum rótunum
genitive rótar rótarinnar róta rótanna

Descendants

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-rɔːc.

Pronunciation

Verb

rót (𣹕)

  1. to pour, to fill up
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