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þúsund

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See also: thusund, túsund, and tusund

Icelandic

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Icelandic numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  100  ←  900 1,000 2,000  →  1,000,000 (106)  → 
100[a], [b]
    Cardinal: þúsund, eitt þúsund
    Ordinal: þúsundasti
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1000.
    Fractional: þúsundasti

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse þúsund, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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þúsund n (genitive singular þúsunds, nominative plural þúsund) or (less commonly, and especially in the plural in indefinite numerals)
þúsund f (genitive singular þúsundar, nominative plural þúsundir)

  1. thousand
    Synonym: eitt þúsund (one thousand)

Declension

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Declension of þúsund (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þúsund þúsundið þúsund þúsundin
accusative þúsund þúsundið þúsund þúsundin
dative þúsundi þúsundinu þúsundum þúsundunum
genitive þúsunds þúsundsins þúsunda þúsundanna

or (less commonly, and especially in the plural in indefinite numerals)

Declension of þúsund (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þúsund þúsundin þúsundir þúsundirnar
accusative þúsund þúsundina þúsundir þúsundirnar
dative þúsund þúsundinni þúsundum þúsundunum
genitive þúsundar þúsundarinnar þúsunda þúsundanna

Derived terms

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References

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *þūsundī, of unclear etymology. Kroonen suggests an earlier Proto-Indo-European *tuHsdḱmto-, compounded from a prefix *tuHs- (“fat”, from *tewh₂-) and *ḱm̥tóm (hundred).[1] The form þúshundrað might thus be the older form, combining hundrað (hundred) with a þús- prefix.

    Cognate of English thousand.

    Numeral

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    þúsund

    1. thousand
      Synonym: þúshundrað

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þūshundī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554