þá

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See also: tha, THA, -tha, þa, thá, and thả

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þawō. The conclusive -n has fallen away in the Scandinavian dialects already in the oldest texts.

Pronunciation

Adverb

þá

  1. then, the past
    Þá var ég ungur maður.
    Then I was a young man.
  2. 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?

Derived terms

Pronoun

þá

  1. (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, nominative plural þár)

  1. thaw

Declension

Declension of þá (feminine)
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
  • 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)

  1. then, at that time, after that
Descendants
  • Icelandic: þá
  • Faroese: tá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: då
  • Old Swedish: þā
  • Danish: da
    • Norwegian Bokmål: da
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: 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

  2. 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

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *þanz, accusative plural masculine of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þans).

Pronoun

þá

  2. those (accusative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun)
  3. 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, hǫ́n þat
accusative mik þik sik hann hana, hána þat
dative mér þér sér hánum, hónum, hǫ́num henni því
genitive mín þín sín hans hennar þess
case dual
nominative vit it, þit
accusative okkr ykkr sik
dative okkr ykkr sér
genitive okkar ykkar sín
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 vár yðar, yðvar sín 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

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of þiggja

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “þá”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
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