þorsti

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθɔr̥stɪ/

Noun

þorsti m (genitive singular þorsta, no plural)

thirst

Declension

declension of þorsti

	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular
nominative	þorsti	þorstinn
accusative	þorsta	þorstann
dative	þorsta	þorstanum
genitive	þorsta	þorstans

Derived terms

hefndarþorsti
slökkva þorsta sinn

Related terms

þyrsta (“to thirst”)
þyrstur (“thirsty”)

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

þorsti m (genitive þorsta)

thirst

Declension

Declension of þorsti (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þorsti	þorstinn	þorstar	þorstarnir
accusative	þorsta	þorstann	þorsta	þorstana
dative	þorsta	þorstanum	þorstum	þorstunum
genitive	þorsta	þorstans	þorsta	þorstanna

Related terms

þyrsta (“to thirst”)
þyrstr (“thirsty”)

Derived terms

þorstadrykkr m (“a draught for slaking the thirst”)
þorstafullr (“thirsty”)
þorstlauss (“not thirsty”)
þorstlátr (“given to thirst, thirstly”)

Descendants

Icelandic: þorsti
Norwegian Nynorsk: torste, tørste
Norwegian Bokmål: tørst, tørste

References

þorsti in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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