þykkja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪhca/
• Rhymes: -ɪhca

Noun

þykkja f (genitive singular þykkju, no plural)

1. resentment, dislike

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem, to appear”).

Verb

þykkja

1. to be thought to be, seem to be, be esteemed or reckoned as
2. (with dative) it seems to one, one thinks
   • c. 1200, Sólarljóð, Stanza 35, edition by Sophus Bugge

     Glaðr at mörgu
     þótta ek gumnum vera,
     þvíat ek vissa fátt fyrir;

     Merry at much
     to men I seemed to be
     for I knew little [of what was] ahead

3. (reflexive) to seem to oneself, think oneself, think

Conjugation

Conjugation of þykkja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	þykkja
present participle	þykkjandi
past participle	þóttr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þykki	þótta
2nd-person singular	þykkir	þóttir
3rd-person singular	þykkir	þótti
1st-person plural	þykkjum	þóttum
2nd-person plural	þykkið	þóttuð
3rd-person plural	þykkja	þóttu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þykkja	þótta
2nd-person singular	þykkir	þóttir
3rd-person singular	þykki	þótti
1st-person plural	þykkim	þóttim
2nd-person plural	þykkið	þóttið
3rd-person plural	þykki	þótti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þykk, þykki
1st-person plural	þykkjum
2nd-person plural	þykkið

Conjugation of þykkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	þykkjask
present participle	þykkjandisk
past participle	þykkzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þykkjumk	þóttumk
2nd-person singular	þykkisk	þóttisk
3rd-person singular	þykkisk	þóttisk
1st-person plural	þykkjumsk	þóttumsk
2nd-person plural	þykkizk	þóttuzk
3rd-person plural	þykkjask	þóttusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þykkjumk	þóttumk
2nd-person singular	þykkisk	þóttisk
3rd-person singular	þykkisk	þóttisk
1st-person plural	þykkimsk	þóttimsk
2nd-person plural	þykkizk	þóttizk
3rd-person plural	þykkisk	þóttisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þykksk, þykkisk
1st-person plural	þykkjumsk
2nd-person plural	þykkizk

Derived terms

• samþykkja
• þykt

Descendants

• Icelandic: þykja
• Faroese: samtykkja (only in compounds)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tykkja; (dialectal) tykja, tøkja, tikja, tekje
• Jamtish: tykkje
• Swedish: tycka
• Danish: tykkes

Noun

þykkja f (genitive þykkju)

1. thought
2. liking, sentiment, disposition
3. dislike, displeasure

Declension

  Declension of þykkja (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þykkja	þykkjan	þykkjur	þykkjurnar
accusative	þykkju	þykkjuna	þykkjur	þykkjurnar
dative	þykkju	þykkjunni	þykkjum	þykkjunum
genitive	þykkju	þykkjunnar	þykkna	þykknanna

Derived terms

• þykkjudráttr m
• þykkjulauss
• þykkjumikill

Descendants

• Swedish: tycke, tycko

References

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