þyrsta
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== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From þyrstur (“thirsty”) + -a (denominal suffix).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈθɪr̥sta/
Rhymes: -ɪr̥sta
=== Verb ===
þyrsta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þyrsti, supine þyrst)
(impersonal) to thirst, to be thirsty
==== Derived terms ====
þyrsta í (“to long for something, to be thirsty for something”)
==== Related terms ====
þorsti (“thirst”)
þyrstur (“thirsty”)
== Old Norse ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Germanic *þurstiz.
=== Adjective ===
þyrsta
accusative singular feminine indefinite of þyrstr
accusative plural masculine indefinite of þyrstr
oblique singular masculine definite of þyrstr
singular neuter definite of þyrstr
=== Verb ===
þyrsta (singular past indicative þyrsti, plural past indicative þyrstu, past participle þyrstr)
(impersonal) to cause to thirst [with accusative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "be thirsty" with the accusative object as the subject)
mik þyrstir ― I am thirsty
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
þorsti m (“thirst”)
þyrstr (“thirsty”)
==== Descendants ====
=== Further reading ===
Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þyrsta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 522; also available at the Internet Archive