hætta

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaihta/ Rhymes: -aihta === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hætta, from Proto-Germanic *hanhtijǭ. ==== Noun ==== hætta f (genitive singular hættu, nominative plural hættur) danger hazard, jeopardy Synonym: tvísýna f peril Synonym: háski m ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse hætta, from Proto-Germanic *hanhtijaną. In the sense “stop” an unstressed prefix has likely been dropped, perhaps *ab-. ==== Verb ==== hætta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hætti, supine hætt) to risk (put at risk), jeopardize [with dative] to quit, stop, cease, cut out, discontinue [intransitive or with dative] Synonym: taka fyrir Ég hætti að reykja. ― I stopped smoking. Hættu! ― Stop! ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hætta á === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “hætta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hetta, from Proto-Germanic *hattijǭ. === Noun === hætta f hood ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: hätta