rót

See also: ROT, Rot, rot, rot-, 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)

root

Declension

Declension of rót
f12	singular		plural
f12	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

Terms derived from rót

gularót f (“carrot”)
hvannrót
piparrót f (“horseradish”)
reyðrót f (“beetroot”)

rótafræ
rótakál
rótaslag n (“specific root vegetable, type of root vegetable; root vegetable species”)
sopprót f (“mycorrhiza”)

sukurrót
tannrót
trærót f (“tree root”)

Related terms

urt

Hungarian

Etymology

ró +‎ -t

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈroːt]

Noun

rót

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)

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

Declension

declension of rót

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from rót

breyta frá rótum
eiga rætur að rekja til

festa rætur
kalmusrót f (“sweet flag, calamus”)

kvaðratrót f (“square root”)
undirrót

Related terms

jurt

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /r͈oːd/

Noun

rót m

road
highway

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rót	rót^L	róit^L
Vocative	róit	rót^L	rótu
Accusative	rót^N	rót^L	rótu
Genitive	róit^L	rót	rót^N
Dative	rout^L	rótaib	rótaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: ród
Manx: raad
Scottish Gaelic: rathad

References

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrōts.

Noun

rót f

(literal and figurative senses) root

Declension

Declension of rót (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	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

Danish: rod
Faroese: rót
Icelandic: rót
Norwegian: rot
→ Old English: rōt
- Middle English: roote, root
  - Scots: ruit
  - English: root
Old Swedish: rōt
- Swedish: rot

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-rɔːc.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɔt̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɔk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹɔk̚˦˥]

Verb

rót (𣹕)

to pour, to fill up

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