þessi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse [Term?] *þes-, þessi (neuter plural), sjá (nominative),[1] related to and from the same ultimate origin as the irregular inflection of Old Norse sá, a descendant from the likewise irregularly inflected Proto-Germanic *sa.[1] Cognate with Old English þes and Old High German dese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛsːɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsːɪ

Pronoun

þessi (feminine þessi, neuter þetta or (uncommon) þettað)

  1. (demonstrative) this, that (referring to both persons and things)

Declension

Positive forms of þessi (strong-only)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative þessi þessi þetta, þettað1
accusative þennan, þenna2 þessa
dative þessum þessari þessu
genitive þessa þessarar þessa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative þessir þessar þessi, þaug1
accusative þessa
dative þessum
genitive þessara

1Uncommon.
2Archaic.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Old English and its relatives, Google books

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same ultimate origin as sá and þat. Related to Old English se. Cognate with Old English þes, Old High German dese, English this and German diese.

Pronoun

þessi (neuter þetta)

  1. alternative form of sjá

Declension

Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sjá, þessi sjá, þessi þetta
accusative þenna, þennan þessa þetta
dative þessum, þeima þessi þessu, þvísa
genitive þessa þessar þessa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative þessir þessar þessi
accusative þessa þessar þessi
dative þessum, þeima þessum, þeima þessum, þeima
genitive þessa, þessara þessa, þessara þessa, þessara
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