embætti

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛm.paihtɪ/ === Noun === embætti n (genitive singular embættis, nominative plural embætti) office (public service position) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambátt amt == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (derived from the root of ambátt), whence also Old English ambeht, ambiht, Old Saxon ambaht, Old High German ambahti, ambaht (German Amt), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti). === Noun === embætti n (genitive embættis, plural embætti) service, office ==== Descendants ==== Danish: embede Faroese: embæti, ambæti Icelandic: embætti Norwegian: embete Old Swedish: æmbiti, æmbæti Swedish: ämbete →⇒ Old East Slavic: ѧбетьникъ (jębetĭnikŭ), ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ) Old Ruthenian: ѧбедникъ (jabednik) Ukrainian: я́бедник (jábednyk) ⇒ Ukrainian: я́беда (jábeda) Russian: я́бедник (jábednik) ⇒ Russian: я́беда (jábeda)