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Icelandic
Etymology
From þyrstur + -a.
Pronunciation
Verb
þyrsta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þyrsti, supine þyrst)
- (impersonal) to thirst, to be thirsty
Mig þyrstir.- I am thirsty.
Derived terms
- þyrsta í (“to long for something, to be thirsty for something”)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þurstiz.
Adjective
þyrsta
- accusative singular feminine indefinite of þyrstr
- accusative plural masculine indefinite of þyrstr
- oblique singular masculine definite of þyrstr
- singular neuter definite of þyrstr
Verb
þyrsta (singular past indicative þyrsti, plural past indicative þyrstu, past participle þyrstr)
- (impersonal, transitive with accusative) to thirst, be thirsty
- mik þyrstir ― I am thirsty
Conjugation
Conjugation of þyrsta — impersonal, active (weak class 1)
| infinitive
|
þyrsta
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| past participle
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þyrstr
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| indicative
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present
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past
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| 3rd-person singular
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þyrstir
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þyrsti
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| subjunctive
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present
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past
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| 3rd-person singular
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þyrsti
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þyrsti
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