þurfa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þurfa, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθʏrva/

  Rhymes: -ʏrva

Verb

þurfa (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative þarf, third-person singular past indicative þurfti, supine þurft)

1. (with accusative or genitive) to require, to needTemplate:jump
2. (with accusative) to have toTemplate:jump

   Þú þarft ekki að hitta mig.

   You don't need to see me.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• Template:jump þarfnast
• Template:jump verða

Derived terms

• þurfa á að halda

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *þurbaną.

Verb

þurfa

1. to need

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• þurfamaðr m (“poor man, needy person”)
• þurfandi m
• þurfi, þurfa (“wanting; in need of”)
• þurfsamr (“helping”)

Related terms

• þurft f
• þǫrf f

Descendants

• Icelandic: þurfa
• Faroese: tørva, tarva
• Norwegian: turva, turve
• Old Swedish: þorva, þarva
  • Swedish: torva (archaic), Swedish: tarva (archaic)
• Danish: tarve