þá
See also: tha, THA, -tha, þa, thá, and thả
Icelandic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þawō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθauː/
Adverb
þá
- then, the past
- Þá var ég ungur maður.
- Then I was a young man.
- then
- Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
- Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
- When Adam had lived 130 years, then he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
- Þá fer ég bara!
- Then I'll just leave!
- Hvað gerirðu þá?
- What will you do then?
- Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
Derived terms
- þátíð
Pronoun
þá
- (personal pronoun): them, accusative of þeir (“they”) which is in turn the plural form of hann (“him”)
- Ekki drepa þá!
- Don't kill them!
- Þá þekki ég svo sannarlega.
- I sure am familiar with them.
Declension
Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | ég, eg†, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
Noun
þá f (genitive singular þár or þáar, no plural)
- thaw
Declension
declension of þá
f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | þá | þáin | þár | þárnar |
accusative | þá | þána | þár | þárnar |
dative | þá | þánni | þám | þánum |
genitive | þár/ þáar | þárinnar/ þáarinnar | þáa | þánna |
Related terms
- þána (“to thaw out, to melt”)
- þeyja (“to thaw”)
- þeyr (“thawing weather”)
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Cognate with Old English þā, Old High German danne, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan).
Adverb
þá (not comparable)
- then, at that time, after that
Descendants
- Icelandic: þá
- Faroese: tá
- Norwegian Nynorsk: då
- Old Swedish: þā
- Swedish: då, tå (obsolete)
- Danish: da
- Norwegian Bokmål: da
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *þǭ, accusative singular feminine of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”). Cognate with Old English þā, Old Saxon thia, Old High German dē, dea, Gothic 𐌸𐍉 (þō).
Pronoun
þá
- that (accusative singular feminine demonstrative pronoun)
Declension
Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | sá | sú | þat |
accusative | þann | þá | þat |
dative | þeim | þeirri | því, þí |
genitive | þess | þeirrar | þess |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þeir | þær | þau |
accusative | þá | þær | þau |
dative | þeim | þeim | þeim |
genitive | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Descendants
- Icelandic: þá
- Faroese: ta, tá
- Old Swedish: þē
Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic *þanz, accusative plural masculine of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þans).
Pronoun
þá
- those (accusative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun)
- them (third-person accusative plural masculine personal pronoun)
Declension
Old Norse personal pronouns
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | ek | þú | hann | hon, hón | þat | |
accusative | mik | þik | sik | hann, hánn | hana, hána | þat |
dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, hónum | henni | því |
genitive | mínn, minn | þínn, þinn | sínn, sinn | hans, háns | hennar | þess |
case | dual | |||||
nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
accusative | okkr | ykkr | sik | |||
dative | okkr | ykkr | sér | |||
genitive | okkarr | ykkarr | sínn, sinn | |||
case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
nominative | vér | ér, þér | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | oss | yðr | sik | þá | þær | þau |
dative | oss | yðr | sér | þeim | þeim | þeim |
genitive | várr | yðarr, yðvarr | sínn, sinn | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | sá | sú | þat |
accusative | þann | þá | þat |
dative | þeim | þeirri | því, þí |
genitive | þess | þeirrar | þess |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þeir | þær | þau |
accusative | þá | þær | þau |
dative | þeim | þeim | þeim |
genitive | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Descendants
- Icelandic: þá
- Faroese: tá (obsolete)
- Old Swedish: þā
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
þá
- first/third-person singular past active indicative of þiggja
References
- “þá” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)