þá
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *þawō. The conclusive -n has fallen away in the Scandinavian dialects already in the oldest texts.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editþá
- then, the past
- Þá var ég ungur maður.
- Then I was a young man.
- 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?
- Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
Derived terms
editPronoun
editþá
- (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
edit Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person 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 | third person feminine | third person 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 |
Noun
editþá f (genitive singular þár or þáar, nominative plural þár)
Declension
editRelated terms
editOld Norse
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Cognate with Old English þā, Old High German danne, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan).
Adverb
editþá (not comparable)
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Germanic *þǭ, accusative singular feminine of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”). Cognate with Old English þā, Old Saxon thia, Old High German dē, dea, Gothic 𐌸𐍉 (þō).
Pronoun
editþá
- that (accusative singular feminine demonstrative pronoun)
Declension
editOld Norse demonstrative pronouns
Descendants
editEtymology 3
editFrom Proto-Germanic *þanz, accusative plural masculine of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þans).
Pronoun
editþá
- those (accusative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun)
- them (third-person accusative plural masculine personal pronoun)
Declension
editOld Norse personal pronouns
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | ek | þú | hann | hon, hón, hǫ́n | þat | |
accusative | mik | þik | sik | hann | hana, hána | þat |
dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, hónum, hǫ́num | henni | því |
genitive | mín | þín | sín | hans | hennar | þess |
case | dual | |||||
nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
accusative | okkr | ykkr | sik | |||
dative | okkr | ykkr | sér | |||
genitive | okkar | ykkar | sín | |||
case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
nominative | vér | ér, þér | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | oss | yðr | sik | þá | þær | þau |
dative | oss | yðr | sér | þeim | þeim | þeim |
genitive | vár | yðar, yðvar | sín | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
Descendants
editEtymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editþá
References
edit- “þá” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
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