rotinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rotinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːtɪnː/

Adjective

rotinn (comparative rotnari, superlative rotnastur)

1. rotten, putrid

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotinn	rotin	rotið
accusative	rotinn	rotna	rotið
dative	rotnum	rotinni	rotnu
genitive	rotins	rotinnar	rotins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnir	rotnar	rotin
accusative	rotna	rotnar	rotin
dative	rotnum	rotnum	rotnum
genitive	rotinna	rotinna	rotinna

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotni	rotna	rotna
accusative	rotna	rotnu	rotna
dative	rotna	rotnu	rotna
genitive	rotna	rotnu	rotna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnu	rotnu	rotnu
accusative	rotnu	rotnu	rotnu
dative	rotnu	rotnu	rotnu
genitive	rotnu	rotnu	rotnu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnara
accusative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnara
dative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnara
genitive	rotnari	rotnari	rotnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnari
accusative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnari
dative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnari
genitive	rotnari	rotnari	rotnari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnastur	rotnust	rotnast
accusative	rotnastan	rotnasta	rotnast
dative	rotnustum	rotnastri	rotnustu
genitive	rotnasts	rotnastrar	rotnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnastir	rotnastar	rotnust
accusative	rotnasta	rotnastar	rotnust
dative	rotnustum	rotnustum	rotnustum
genitive	rotnastra	rotnastra	rotnastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnasti	rotnasta	rotnasta
accusative	rotnasta	rotnustu	rotnasta
dative	rotnasta	rotnustu	rotnasta
genitive	rotnasta	rotnustu	rotnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnustu	rotnustu	rotnustu
accusative	rotnustu	rotnustu	rotnustu
dative	rotnustu	rotnustu	rotnustu
genitive	rotnustu	rotnustu	rotnustu

Related terms

• rotna
• rot
• rota

Old Norse

Etymology

Past participle of an unrecorded verb related to rotna, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną.

Adjective

rotinn

1. rotten, decayed

Declension

    Strong declension of rotinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotinn	rotin	rotit
accusative	rotnan	rotna	rotit
dative	rotnum	rotinni	rotnu
genitive	rotins	rotinnar	rotins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnir	rotnar	rotin
accusative	rotna	rotnar	rotin
dative	rotnum	rotnum	rotnum
genitive	rotinna	rotinna	rotinna

    Weak declension of rotinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotni	rotna	rotna
accusative	rotna	rotnu	rotna
dative	rotna	rotnu	rotna
genitive	rotna	rotnu	rotna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnu	rotnu	rotnu
accusative	rotnu	rotnu	rotnu
dative	rotnum	rotnum	rotnum
genitive	rotnu	rotnu	rotnu

    Declension of comparative of rotinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnara
accusative	rotnara	rotnari	rotnara
dative	rotnara	rotnari	rotnara
genitive	rotnara	rotnari	rotnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnari
accusative	rotnari	rotnari	rotnari
dative	rotnurum	rotnurum	rotnurum
genitive	rotnari	rotnari	rotnari

    Strong declension of superlative of rotinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnastr	rotnust	rotnast
accusative	rotnastan	rotnasta	rotnast
dative	rotnustum	rotnastri	rotnustu
genitive	rotnasts	rotnastrar	rotnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnastir	rotnastar	rotnust
accusative	rotnasta	rotnastar	rotnust
dative	rotnustum	rotnustum	rotnustum
genitive	rotnastra	rotnastra	rotnastra

    Weak declension of superlative of rotinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnasti	rotnasta	rotnasta
accusative	rotnasta	rotnustu	rotnasta
dative	rotnasta	rotnustu	rotnasta
genitive	rotnasta	rotnustu	rotnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rotnustu	rotnustu	rotnustu
accusative	rotnustu	rotnustu	rotnustu
dative	rotnustum	rotnustum	rotnustum
genitive	rotnustu	rotnustu	rotnustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: rotinn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: roten, ròten
• Norwegian Bokmål: råtten
• Old Swedish: rotin, rutin
  • Swedish: rutten
• → Middle English: roten
  • English: rotten

References

• “rotinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press