No. 359 in Icelandic
haustið
"Haustið" means "the autumn" or "the fall" in English.
In a sentence
Haustið er uppáhalds árstíð mín.
Autumn is my favorite season.
Here, the word 'haustið' refers to the autumn season in Icelandic, indicated by the definite article suffix -ið.
Ég elska litina í haustinu.
I love the colors in the autumn.
In this sentence, 'haustinu' is the dative case of 'haustið', as prepositions like 'í' ('in') require the dative case in Icelandic.
Við getum safnað laufblöðum á haustin.
We can collect leaves during autumns.
Here, 'haustin' is used in the plural form, which denotes multiple autumn seasons, showing a variation in usage of the word.
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