þrá

þrá

See also: yra and ýra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þrá (“a throe; struggle; longing”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“grief; pain; threat”). More at throe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θrauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

Noun

þrá f (genitive singular þrár, nominative plural þrár)

1. a desire, a yearning

Declension

declension of þrá

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrá	þráin	þrár	þrárnar
accusative	þrá	þrána	þrár	þrárnar
dative	þrá	þránni	þrám	þránum
genitive	þrár	þrárinnar	þráa	þránna

Derived terms

• fortíðarþrá

Verb

þrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þráði, supine þráð)

1. to desire, to yearn, to long
2. to want or to desire sexually

   Ég þrái þig.

   I want you.

Adjective

þrá

1. strong feminine nominative singular of þrár
2. strong neuter nominative plural of þrár
3. strong neuter accusative plural of þrár