FromDanishmåtte, fromLate Latinmatta, fromPunic orPhoenician (compareHebrewמיטה \ מִטָּה(mitá,“bed, couch”)).
motta f (genitive singularmottu, pluralmottur)
f1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | motta | mottan | mottur | motturnar |
accusative | mottu | mottuna | mottur | motturnar |
dative | mottu | mottuni | mottum | mottunum |
genitive | mottu | mottunnar | motta | mottanna |
CompareEnglishmoth,GermanMotte.
motta f (genitive singularmottu, pluralmottur)
f1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | motta | mottan | mottur | motturnar |
accusative | mottu | mottuna | mottur | motturnar |
dative | mottu | mottuni | mottum | mottunum |
genitive | mottu | mottunnar | motta | mottanna |
Borrowed fromDanishmåtte, fromLate Latinmatta, fromPunic orPhoenician (compareHebrewמיטה \ מִטָּה(mitá,“bed, couch”)).
motta f (genitive singularmottu,nominative pluralmottur)
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | motta | mottan | mottur | motturnar |
accusative | mottu | mottuna | mottur | motturnar |
dative | mottu | mottunni | mottum | mottunum |
genitive | mottu | mottunnar | motta,mottna | mottanna,mottnanna |
Unknown. Probably of Pre-Roman origin.
motta (imperativemotta,present tensemottar,passivemottas,simple pastmottok,past participlemottatt,present participlemottakende)
Possibly throughOld Frenchmote(“mound”), ultimately fromMedieval Latinmota(“a mound, hill”), ofGermanic origin, perhaps viaFrankish*mot,*motta(“mud, peat, bog, turf”), fromProto-Germanic*mutô,*mudraz,*muþraz(“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).
motta (presentmottar,preteritemottog,supinemottagit,imperativemotta)
active | passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | motta | mottas | ||
supine | mottagit | mottagits | ||
imperative | motta | — | ||
imper. plural1 | mottan | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | mottar | mottog | mottas | mottogs |
ind. plural1 | motta | mottogo | mottas | mottogos |
subjunctive2 | motta | mottoge | mottas | mottoges |
present participle | mottagande | |||
past participle | mottagen |
1 Archaic.2 Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.
active | passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | mottaga | mottagas | ||
supine | mottagit | mottagits | ||
imperative | mottag | — | ||
imper. plural1 | mottagen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | mottager | mottog | mottages | mottogs |
ind. plural1 | mottaga | mottogo | mottagas | mottogos |
subjunctive2 | mottage | mottoge | mottages | mottoges |
present participle | mottagande | |||
past participle | mottagen |
1 Archaic.2 Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.