þorsti
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þorsti, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɔr̥stɪ/
Noun
þorsti m (genitive singular þorsta, no plural)
- 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)
- 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 |
Related terms
- þyrsta (“to thirst”)
- þyrstr (“thirsty”)
Derived terms
- þorstadrykkr m (“a draught for slaking the thirst”)
- þorstafullr (“thirsty”)
- þorstlauss (“not thirsty”)
- þorstlátr (“given to thirst, thirstly”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: þorsti
- Norwegian Nynorsk: torste, tørste
- Norwegian Bokmål: tørst, tørste
References
- þorsti in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.