rátta

rátta is a term that appears in Icelandic-language context, primarily as a variant of the verb rétta. The standard modern Icelandic infinitive is rétta, meaning to straighten, extend, or set right. The form rátta is encountered most often as a regional or historical spelling variant, or as an inflected form in certain dialects and older texts. In sentence use, the core meaning involves adjusting the position or condition of something, either physically (for example, to straighten a bent object) or figuratively (to correct or improve a situation).

Because Icelandic spelling relies on diacritics to distinguish words, rátta may be recorded in texts that preserve older orthography or in dialectal transcriptions. In contemporary dictionaries, rátta is usually listed as a variant of rétta or noted as a non-standard form rather than a distinct lemma with a separate set of meanings.

Outside Icelandic, rátta is not widely used as an independent lexical item in major languages. It may appear as a surname or place name in local contexts, but such uses are uncommon and not well documented in global reference works. For most encyclopedia entries, rátta points readers to the standard verb rétta and to related phrases such as rétta upp, rétta af sér, and other idiomatic forms involving the idea of straightening or correcting.