See also: tha, THA, -tha, þa, thá, and thả

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þawō. The conclusive -n has fallen away in the Scandinavian dialects already in the oldest texts.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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þá

  1. then, the past
    Þá var ég ungur maður.
    Then I was a young man.
  2. then
    • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
      Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
      When Adam had lived 130 years, then he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
    Þá fer ég bara!
    Then I'll just leave!
    Hvað gerirðu þá?
    What will you do then?

Derived terms

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Pronoun

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þá

  1. (personal pronoun): them, accusative of þeir (they) which is in turn the plural form of hann (him)
    Ekki drepa þá!
    Don't kill them!
    Þá þekki ég svo sannarlega.
    I sure am familiar with them.

Declension

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Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ég, eg, ek þú hann hún, hon, hón það, þat
accusative mig, mik þig, þik hann hana það, þat
dative mér þér honum, hánum henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person
masculine feminine neuter
nominative við þið, þit þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Archaic. See also honorific pronouns.

Noun

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þá f (genitive singular þár or þáar, nominative plural þár)

  1. thaw

Declension

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Declension of þá (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þá þáin þár þárnar
accusative þá þána þár þárnar
dative þá þánni þám þánum
genitive þár, þáar þárinnar, þáarinnar þáa þánna
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  • þána (to thaw out, to melt)
  • þeyja (to thaw)
  • þeyr (thawing weather)

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *þan (then). Cognate with Old English þā, Old High German danne, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan).

Adverb

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þá (not comparable)

  1. then, at that time, after that
Descendants
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  • Icelandic: þá
  • Faroese:
  • Norwegian Nynorsk:
  • Old Swedish: þā
  • Danish: da
    • Norwegian Bokmål: da
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: da

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *þǭ, accusative singular feminine of Proto-Germanic *sa (that). Cognate with Old English þā, Old Saxon thia, Old High German , dea, Gothic 𐌸𐍉 (þō).

Pronoun

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þá

  1. that (accusative singular feminine demonstrative pronoun)
Declension
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Germanic *þanz, accusative plural masculine of Proto-Germanic *sa (that). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þans).

Pronoun

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þá

  1. those (accusative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun)
  2. them (third-person accusative plural masculine personal pronoun)
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: þá
  • Faroese: (obsolete)
  • Old Swedish: þā

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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þá

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of þiggja

Further reading

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  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “þá”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press