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þess

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See also: Thess.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þess, from Proto-Germanic *þas, genitive of *sa. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tósyo, genitive of *só.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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þess

  1. genitive of það
  2. neuter genitive singular of

Declension

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Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person
masculine feminine 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 feminine 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

Archaic. See also honorific pronouns.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þas, genitive of *sa. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tósyo, genitive of *só.

Pronunciation

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈθesː/

Pronoun

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þess

  1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: þess
  • Faroese: tess
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dess
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dess
  • Old Swedish: þæs, þäs