sótt

See also: sott, sött, sott', and sott-

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sœʰtː/
    Rhymes: -œʰtː
    Homophone: søtt

Noun

sótt f (genitive singular sóttar, plural sóttir)

  1. illness, sickness

Declension
Declension of sótt
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sótt sóttin sóttir sóttirnar
accusative sótt sóttina sóttir sóttirnar
dative sótt sóttini sóttum sóttunum
genitive sóttar sóttarinnar sótta sóttanna

Derived terms
  • banasótt
  • blóðsótt
  • bráðasótt
  • brunasótt
  • farsótt
  • garnasótt
  • gulusótt
  • hitasótt
  • kálvsótt
  • landfarsótt
  • niðurfalssótt
  • ólívssótt
  • umfarssótt

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /souht/
    Rhymes: -ouht

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Noun

sótt f (genitive singular sóttar, nominative plural sóttir)

  1. illness, sickness
Declension
declension of sótt
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sótt sóttin sóttir sóttirnar
accusative sótt sóttina sóttir sóttirnar
dative sótt sóttinni sóttum sóttunum
genitive sóttar sóttarinnar sótta sóttanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Conjugated form of sækja (“to get, to fetch”).

Verb

sótt

  1. supine of sækja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, from *seukaną (“to be sick”) + *-þiz.

Noun

sótt f (genitive sóttar, plural sóttir)

  1. sickness, illness, disease

Declension
  Declension of sótt (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sótt sóttin sóttir sóttirnar
accusative sótt sóttina sóttir sóttirnar
dative sótt sóttinni sóttum sóttunum
genitive sóttar sóttarinnar sótta sóttanna

Derived terms
  • blóðsótt (“PMS; dysentery”)
  • fársótt (“pestilence”)
  • sóttalauss (“free from sickness”)
  • sóttall (“causing illness, contagious”)
  • sóttbitinn (“sickness-bitten”)
  • sóttdauðr (“sickness-dead, struck down from sickness”)
  • sótthættr (“dangerous, causing sickness”)
  • sóttlauss (“not ill”)
  • sóttlera (“prostrate from sickness or fever”)
  • sóttlitill (“slightly ill”)
  • sóttnæmr (“apt to be taken ill, contagious”)
  • sóttsjúkr (“fever-sick, feverish”)
  • sótttekinn (“taken ill”)

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  • sótt in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • sótt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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