þrot

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Norse þrot, from Proto-Germanic *þrutą (“exhaustion”).

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -ɔːt

Noun edit

þrot n (genitive singular þrots, nominative plural þrot)

shortage, lack

Usage notes edit

The word þrot is chiefly used in set phrases, such as á þrotum (“at an end, run out, exhausted”) and að þrotum kominn (“exhausted, used up, worn out”).

Declension edit

declension of þrot

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	þrot	þrotið	þrot	þrotin
accusative	þrot	þrotið	þrot	þrotin
dative	þroti	þrotinu	þrotum	þrotunum
genitive	þrots	þrotsins	þrota	þrotanna

Derived terms edit

greiðsluþrot

Further reading edit

“þrot” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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