þyrsta

See also: tyrsta

Icelandic

Etymology

From þyrstur + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɪr̥sta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪr̥sta

Verb

þyrsta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þyrsti, supine þyrst)

  1. (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

  1. accusative singular feminine indefinite of þyrstr
  2. accusative plural masculine indefinite of þyrstr
  3. oblique singular masculine definite of þyrstr
  4. singular neuter definite of þyrstr

Verb

þyrsta (singular past indicative þyrsti, plural past indicative þyrstu, past participle þyrstr)

  1. (impersonal, transitive with accusative) to thirst, be thirsty
    mik þyrstirI am thirsty

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þyrsta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tyrsta, tyrste, tørsta, tørste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tørste

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.