þurr
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
þurr (comparative þurrari, superlative þurrastur)
- dry; without liquid
- (informal) dry, alcohol-free; without alcohol
- Þetta var þurr helgi.
- It was an alcohol-free weekend.
Inflection edit
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrara |
accusative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrara |
dative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrara |
genitive | þurrari | þurrari | þurrara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrari |
accusative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrari |
dative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrari |
genitive | þurrari | þurrari | þurrari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þurrastur | þurrust | þurrast |
accusative | þurrastan | þurrasta | þurrast |
dative | þurrustum | þurrastri | þurrustu |
genitive | þurrasts | þurrastrar | þurrasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þurrastir | þurrastar | þurrust |
accusative | þurrasta | þurrastar | þurrust |
dative | þurrustum | þurrustum | þurrustum |
genitive | þurrastra | þurrastra | þurrastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þurrasti | þurrasta | þurrasta |
accusative | þurrasta | þurrustu | þurrasta |
dative | þurrasta | þurrustu | þurrasta |
genitive | þurrasta | þurrustu | þurrasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þurrustu | þurrustu | þurrustu |
accusative | þurrustu | þurrustu | þurrustu |
dative | þurrustu | þurrustu | þurrustu |
genitive | þurrustu | þurrustu | þurrustu |
Derived terms edit
- þurr á manninn (brusque)
- upp úr þurru (suddenly, out of nothing, unprovoked)
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
- þyrr (Trønder dialect of Old Norwegian)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from the root *ters- (“dry”).
Adjective edit
þurr (comparative þurrari, superlative þurrastr)
Declension edit
Strong declension of þurr
Weak declension of þurr
Declension of comparative of þurr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrara |
accusative | þurrara | þurrari | þurrara |
dative | þurrara | þurrari | þurrara |
genitive | þurrara | þurrari | þurrara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrari |
accusative | þurrari | þurrari | þurrari |
dative | þurrurum | þurrurum | þurrurum |
genitive | þurrari | þurrari | þurrari |
Strong declension of superlative of þurr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þurrastr | þurrust | þurrast |
accusative | þurrastan | þurrasta | þurrast |
dative | þurrustum | þurrastri | þurrustu |
genitive | þurrasts | þurrastrar | þurrasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þurrastir | þurrastar | þurrust |
accusative | þurrasta | þurrastar | þurrust |
dative | þurrustum | þurrustum | þurrustum |
genitive | þurrastra | þurrastra | þurrastra |
Weak declension of superlative of þurr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þurrasti | þurrasta | þurrasta |
accusative | þurrasta | þurrustu | þurrasta |
dative | þurrasta | þurrustu | þurrasta |
genitive | þurrasta | þurrustu | þurrasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þurrustu | þurrustu | þurrustu |
accusative | þurrustu | þurrustu | þurrustu |
dative | þurrustum | þurrustum | þurrustum |
genitive | þurrustu | þurrustu | þurrustu |
Derived terms edit
- þurrafrost n (“dry frost”)
- þurrfasta (“to fast on fish and vegetable food”)
- þurrfasta f (“fasting on fish and vegetable food”)
- þurrfjallr (“dry-skinned; in dry clothes”)
- þurrfœtis (“without wetting the feet”, adverb)
- þurrleikr m (“dryness”)
- þurrlendi n (“dry land”)
- þurrlendr (“with dry soil”)
- þurrligr (“dry”)
- þurrlyndi n (“dryness, surliness”)
- þurrviðri n (“dry weather”)
Related terms edit
- þerra (“to dry, make dry”)
- þorna (“to dry out”)
- þorskr m (“codfish”)
- þorsti m (“thirst”)
- þurka (“to dry out”)
- þyrstr (“thirsty”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- þurr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- M. Hægstad (1899) Gamalt trøndermaal : upplysningar um maalet i Trøndelag fyrr 1350 og ei utgreiding um vokalverket, page 1</ref>