þær
See also: yär-
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
þær f pl
- (personal pronoun): they (referring to an all-female group), nominative plural of the word hún meaning "she"
- (personal pronoun): them (referring to an all-female group), accusative plural of the word hún meaning "she"
See alsoEdit
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 |
Old EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar, whence also Old High German dār, Old Norse þar.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
þǣr
Old NorseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Norse ᚦᛋᛁᛋᛉ (þAiAz), from Proto-Germanic *þôz (“they, those”), plural feminine of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐍉𐍃 (þōs).
PronounEdit
þær
- they, them (third-person nominative and accusative plural feminine personal pronoun)
- those (nominative and accusative plural feminine demonstrative pronoun)
DeclensionEdit
Old Norse personal pronouns
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | ek | þú | hann | hon, hón | þat | |
accusative | mik | þik | sik | hann, hánn | hana, hána | þat |
dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, hónum | henni | því |
genitive | mínn, minn | þínn, þinn | sínn, sinn | hans, háns | hennar | þess |
case | dual | |||||
nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
accusative | okkr | ykkr | sik | |||
dative | okkr | ykkr | sér | |||
genitive | okkarr | ykkarr | sínn, sinn | |||
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 | várr | yðarr, yðvarr | sínn, sinn | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
AdverbEdit
þær
- Alternative form of þar