botn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔhtn/

Noun

botn m (genitive singular botns, nominative plural botnar)

  1. bottom (lowest part of something)
  2. the innermost part of a landform such as a valley or fjord
  3. the latter half of a verse
  4. bottom (buttocks)

Declension
declension of botn
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative botn botninn botnar botnarnir
accusative botn botninn botna botnana
dative botni botninum botnum botnunum
genitive botns botnsins botna botnanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Doublet of bunn.

Noun

botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botner, definite plural botnene)

  1. a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)
  2. bottom

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Akin to English bottom.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔtn̩/

Noun

botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botnar, definite plural botnane)

  1. bottom
  2. a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)

Derived terms

References
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