þrá

See also: thra-, thrá, þra, and Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θrauː/
    Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þrá (a throe; struggle; longing), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (grief; pain; threat). More at throe.

Noun

þrá f (genitive singular þrár, nominative plural þrár)

  1. a desire, a yearning
Declension
Declension of þrá (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þrá þráin þrár þrárnar
accusative þrá þrána þrár þrárnar
dative þrá þránni þrám þránum
genitive þrár þrárinnar þráa þránna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

þrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þráði, supine þráð)

  1. to desire, to yearn, to long
  2. to want or to desire sexually
    Ég þrái þig.
    I want you.
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Adjective

þrá

  1. inflection of þrár:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þrawō f (longing, suffering). Akin to Old English þrēa and Middle High German drō.

Alternative forms

  • þrǫ́

Noun

þrá f (genitive þrár)

  1. longing, yearning
Declension
Declension of þrá (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þrá þráin þrár þrárnar
accusative þrá þráina þrár þrárnar
dative þrá þráinni þrám þránum
genitive þrár þrárinnar þrá þránna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: þrá
  • Faroese: trá
  • Norn: trå
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trå
  • Old Swedish: þrā, thrā
  • Old Danish: thraa, attraa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þrawōną, related to *þrawō (longing, suffering).

Verb

þrá (singular past indicative þráði, plural past indicative þráðu, past participle þráðr)

  1. to long, yearn
Conjugation
Conjugation of þrá — active (weak class 2)
infinitive þrá
present participle þráandi
past participle þráðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular þrá þráða þrá þráða
2nd person singular þrár þráðir þráir þráðir
3rd person singular þrár þráði þrái þráði
1st person plural þrám þráðum þráim þráðim
2nd person plural þráið þráðuð þráið þráðið
3rd person plural þrá þráðu þrái þráði
imperative present
2nd person singular þrá
1st person plural þrám
2nd person plural þráið
Conjugation of þrá — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive þrásk
present participle þrándisk
past participle þrázk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular þrámk þráðumk þrámk þráðumk
2nd person singular þrásk þráðisk þráisk þráðisk
3rd person singular þrásk þráðisk þráisk þráðisk
1st person plural þrámsk þráðumsk þráimsk þráðimsk
2nd person plural þráizk þráðuzk þráizk þráðizk
3rd person plural þrásk þráðusk þráisk þráðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular þrásk
1st person plural þrámsk
2nd person plural þráizk
Derived terms
  • þránaðr
Descendants
  • Icelandic: þrá
  • Faroese: tráa
  • Norn: trå
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trå
  • Old Swedish: þra, thra
  • Old Danish: thra

Etymology 3

From the adjective þrár (stubborn, obstinate).

Noun

þrá n

  1. obstinacy
Declension
Declension of þrá (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þrá þráit þrá þráin
accusative þrá þráit þrá þráin
dative þrá, þrái þránu, þráinu þrám þránum
genitive þrás þrásins þrá þránna

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

þrá

  1. inflection of þrár:
    1. strong feminine nominative/accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
    4. weak masculine oblique singular
    5. weak feminine nominative/oblique singular
    6. weak neuter singular
    7. weak nominative/accusative/dative plural

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

þrá

  1. inflection of þrái m:
    1. oblique singular indefinite
    2. accusative/genitive plural indefinite

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þrá”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 515; also available at the Internet Archive