þau
Appearance
Gothic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]þau
- Romanization of 𐌸𐌰𐌿
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]þau n pl
- (personal pronoun) they (referring to a mixed male/female group), nominative plural of það (“it”)
- (personal pronoun) them (referring to a mixed male/female group), accusative plural of það (“it”)
See also
[edit] Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | ég, eg, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra |
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ᚦᛅᚢ (þau)
- ᚦᛅᚢᚾ (þaun) — Old East Norse
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *þō (“they, those”), plural neuter of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Old English þā, Old Saxon thē, Old High German diu, Gothic 𐌸𐍉 (þō).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]þau
- they, them (third-person nominative and accusative plural neuter personal pronoun)
- those (nominative and accusative plural neuter demonstrative pronoun)
Declension
[edit]Old Norse personal pronouns
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | ek | þú | hann | hon, hón, hǫ́n | þat | |
accusative | mik | þik | sik | hann | hana, hána | þat |
dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, hónum, hǫ́num | henni | því |
genitive | mín | þín | sín | hans | hennar | þess |
case | dual | |||||
nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
accusative | okkr | ykkr | sik | |||
dative | okkr | ykkr | sér | |||
genitive | okkar | ykkar | sín | |||
case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
nominative | vér | ér, þér | þeir | þær | þau | |
accusative | oss | yðr | sik | þá | þær | þau |
dative | oss | yðr | sér | þeim | þeim | þeim |
genitive | vár | yðar, yðvar | sín | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
Descendants
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