þeirra

Icelandic

Etymology

Genitive of the Old Norse plural personal þeir (“they”).

Pronoun

þeirra (personal pronoun)

  1. their, of them (referring to men), the genitive plural form of hann meaning "he"
  2. their, of them (referring to women), the genitive plural form of hún meaning "she"
  3. their, of them (referring to men and women, or children), the genitive plural form of það meaning "it"

See also

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.

Old Norse

Etymology

See þeira.

Pronoun

þeirra

  1. alternative form of þeira

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þeirra
  • Faroese: teirra
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