þorsti
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þorsti, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɔr̥stɪ/
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
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þurstuz (“dryness, thirst”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
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 |
Derived terms
- þorstadrykkr m (“a draught for slaking the thirst”)
- þorstafullr (“thirsty”)
- þorstlauss (“not thirsty”)
- þorstlátr (“given to thirst, thirstly”)
Descendants
References
- þorsti in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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