þorsti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þorsti, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔr̥stɪ/

Noun

þorsti m (genitive singular þorsta, no plural)

1. thirst

Declension

declension of þorsti

m-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	þorsti	þorstinn
accusative	þorsta	þorstann
dative	þorsta	þorstanum
genitive	þorsta	þorstans

Derived terms

• hefndarþorsti
• slökkva þorsta sinn

Related terms

• þyrsta (“to thirst”)
• þyrstur (“thirsty”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurstuz (“dryness, thirst”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

þorsti m (genitive þorsta)

1. thirst

Declension

  Declension of þorsti (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þorsti	þorstinn	þorstar	þorstarnir
accusative	þorsta	þorstann	þorsta	þorstana
dative	þorsta	þorstanum	þorstum	þorstunum
genitive	þorsta	þorstans	þorsta	þorstanna

Derived terms

• þorstadrykkr m (“a draught for slaking the thirst”)
• þorstafullr (“thirsty”)
• þorstlauss (“not thirsty”)
• þorstlátr (“given to thirst, thirstly”)

Related terms

• þyrsta (“to thirst”)
• þyrstr (“thirsty”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þorsti
• Faroese: tosti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tørst, tørste

  Nynorsk: torste, tørste

• Swedish: törst
• Danish: tørst

References

• þorsti in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.