søt

See also: sot, söt, sốt, şot, soţ, and soot

Faroese

Adjective

søt

  1. nominative singular feminine form of søtur
  2. nominative plural neuter form of søtur
  3. accusative plural neuter form of søtur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.

Adjective

søt (neuter singular søtt, definite singular and plural søte, comparative søtere, indefinite superlative søtest, definite superlative søteste)

  1. sweet (having a pleasant taste)
  2. cute (to look cute or adorable)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

søt

  1. imperative of søte

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sœtr. Akin to English sweet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /søːt/

Adjective

søt (neuter singular søtt, definite singular and plural søte, comparative søtare, indefinite superlative søtast, definite superlative søtaste)

  1. sweet (as above)
  2. cute (as above)

Derived terms

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): [sʏ́͡ʷːt], [sǿ͡ʷːt]
    Rhymes: -ǿːt

Adjective

søt (neuter sött)

  1. sweet (having a pleasant taste), therefore: fresh (of milk)[1]
  2. (of someone spoken to) dear; see also syt and kärä
Derived terms
  • hällsøt
  • söttmän
  • søtmjölk
  • søtost
  • søtstöftlimp
  • søtstöup
  • søtstöupbull
  • søtsöppa

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): [sʏ̀͡ʷːt], [sø̀͡ʷːt]
    Rhymes: -ø̀ːt

Noun

sø̱̂t n (definite singular sø̱̀te)

  1. (botany) Polypodium vulgare[2]
Synonyms

References
  1. Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “söt a. sø:t”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt [The Hössjö speech: dictionary of a southern Westrobothnian dialect] (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 193
  2. Valfrid Lindgren, Jonas, “*söte n. sø̱̂t”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 142
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