þorsti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þorsti, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɔr̥stɪ/

Noun

þorsti m (genitive singular þorsta, no plural)

  1. thirst

Declension

Declension of þorsti (sg-only masculine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative þorsti þorstinn
accusative þorsta þorstann
dative þorsta þorstanum
genitive þorsta þorstans

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurstuz (“dryness, thirst”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

þorsti m (genitive þorsta)

  1. thirst

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

  • Icelandic: þorsti
  • Faroese: tosti
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: tørst, tørste
    Nynorsk: torste, tørste
  • Swedish: törst
  • Danish: tørst

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þorsti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514; also available at the Internet Archive
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