pottur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse pottr (“pot, tub, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”). Cognate with Old English pott (“pot”). More at pot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɔhtʏr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔhtʏr

Noun

pottur m (genitive singular potts, nominative plural pottar)

1. a pot
2. a saucepan

   Synonym: skaftpottur m

3. a pot, a pool of money
4. a hot tub, a jacuzzi

   Synonym: heitur pottur

5. (historical) a unit of measurement for liquids equal to 0.966 liters
6. (dated) a liter, especially of milk [early to late 20th century]

Declension

Declension of pottur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pottur	potturinn	pottar	pottarnir
accusative	pott	pottinn	potta	pottana
dative	potti	pottinum	pottum	pottunum
genitive	potts	pottsins	potta	pottanna

Derived terms

• pottþéttur m, pottþétt f or n
• vera illa í pottinn búið (“to be badly prepared”)
• vera potturinn og pannan í (“be the moving spirit in an enterprise”)
• vera vel í pottinn búið (“to be well prepared”)
• víða er pottur brotinn (“it is not only here that things are wrong”)
• þetta er þannig í pottinn búið (“the real situation is this”)

See also

• peli (a related unit of measurement for liquids)