þrot

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse þrot, from Proto-Germanic *þrutą (“exhaustion”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːt

Noun

þrot n (genitive singular þrots, nominative plural þrot)

1. shortage, lack

Usage notes

• The word þrot is chiefly used in set phrases, such as á þrotum (“at an end, run out, exhausted”) and að þrotum kominn (“exhausted, used up, worn out”).

Declension

Declension of þrot (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrot	þrotið	þrot	þrotin
accusative	þrot	þrotið	þrot	þrotin
dative	þroti	þrotinu	þrotum	þrotunum
genitive	þrots	þrotsins	þrota	þrotanna

Derived terms

• greiðsluþrot

Further reading

• “þrot” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)