þá

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθauː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ðau].

Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þá (“then”). The conclusive -n has fallen away in the Scandinavian dialects already in the oldest texts.

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

• þátíð

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þá, accusative plural masculine of Old Norse hann (“he”).

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

singular	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	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	feminine	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

^† Archaic. See also honorific pronouns.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *þawō.

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

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)

1. 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
    • → 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

• 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

2. those (accusative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun)
3. them (third-person accusative plural masculine personal pronoun)

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	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
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	vit	it, þit	—
accusative	okkr	ykkr	sik
dative	okkr	ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
plural	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	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