Icelandic

Noun

þvottur m ‎(genitive singular þvottar or þvotts, nominative plural þvottar)

1. wash, washing (the act of washing, generally)
2. (specifically) laundry (the act of washing clothes)
3. laundry (clothes about to be, being, or newly washed)

Declension

Note: The original declension of this word in Old Norse (þváttr) was the masculine strong u-stem third declension (in the same manner as máttur, sláttur, þáttur, etc.), but changed to the first declension after the change of -vá- to -vo-.

Derived terms

• heilaþvottur
• hengja upp þvott
• þvo þvott
• þvottahús
• þvottakona
• þvottasnúra