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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Noun

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

  1. thaw

Declension

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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)
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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)
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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

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