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)

illness, sickness

Declension

Declension of sótt
f2	singular		plural
f2	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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /souht/
Rhymes: -ouht

Noun

sótt f (genitive singular sóttar, nominative plural sóttir)

illness, sickness

Declension

declension of sótt

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s2	singular		plural
nominative	sótt	sóttin	sóttir	sóttirnar
accusative	sótt	sóttina	sóttir	sóttirnar
dative	sótt	sóttinni	sóttum	sóttunum
genitive	sóttar	sóttarinnar	sótta	sóttanna

Derived terms

áblásturssótt
hettusótt
jóðsótt
sárasótt

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

sótt f (genitive sóttar, plural sóttir)

sickness, illness, disease

Declension

Declension of sótt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	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

Terms derived from sótt

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

Icelandic: sótt
Faroese: sótt
Norwegian Nynorsk: sott
Norwegian Bokmål: sott

Danish: sot
Old Swedish: sōt
- Swedish: sot

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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