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{{also|thad|Thad|tað|yad|y'ad}}
{{also|thad|Thad|tað|yad|y'ad}}
==Icelandic==
==Icelandic==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|is|þat}} ''(archaic)''

===Etymology===
From {{inh|is|non|þat||it, that}}, from {{inh|is|gem-pro|*þat}}, from {{inh|is|ine-pro|*tód}} (neuter of {{m|ine-pro|*só}}). Cognates include {{cog|sv|det}}, {{cog|fo|tað}} and {{cog|en|that}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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*: {{rhymes|is|aːð}}
*: {{rhymes|is|aːð}}


===Etymology 1===
===Pronoun===
{{head|is|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns|cat3=pronoun forms|g=n}}


# [[it]] {{qualifier|both nominative and accusative}}
====Adverb====
#: {{uxi|is|'''Það''' {{l|is|gerast|gerðist}} fyrir nokkrum árum.|'''It''' happened several years ago.}}
{{is-adv}}
# [[it]], [[there]] {{qualifier|[[impersonal subject]]}}

#: {{uxi|is|'''Það''' er {{l|is|lítill|lítið}} {{l|is|rauður|rautt}} hús á horninu.|'''There''' is a little red house on the corner.}}
# [[that]]
# {{neuter singular of|is|sá||that}}
#: ''Ég vissi ekki að hann væri '''það''' [[veikur#Icelandic|veikur]].''
#:: I didn't know he was '''that''' ill.
#: {{uxi|is|Hann {{l|is|vilja|vildi}} ekki {{l|is|borða}} '''það'''.|He didn't want to eat '''that'''.}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronoun====
'''það''' {{g|n}}

# {{sense|personal pronoun}} [[it]], nominative and accusative singular form
#* '''''Það''' [[gerast|gerðist]] fyrir nokkrum árum.''
#*: '''It''' happened several years ago.
# [[it]], [[there]] (a filler subject when a verb is used impersonally or when the subject is moved further ahead in the sentence without there being another phrase before the verb)
#* '''''Það''' er [[lítill#Icelandic|lítið]] [[rauður#Icelandic|rautt]] hús á horninu.''
#*: '''There''' is a [[little]] [[red]] house on the corner.
# [[that]]
#* ''Hann [[vilja|vildi]] ekki [[borða]] '''það'''.''
#*: He didn't want to eat '''that'''.


=====Declension=====
=====Declension=====
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===Adverb===
[[Category:Icelandic personal pronouns]]
{{is-adv}}
[[Category:Icelandic pronoun forms]]

# [[that]], [[so]]
#: {{uxi|is|Ég vissi ekki að hann væri '''það''' {{l|is|veikur}}.|I didn't know he was '''that''' ill.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|is|svo}}, {{l|is|svona}}

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See also: thad, Thad, tað, yad, and y'ad

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þat (it, that), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (neuter of *só). Cognates include Swedish det, Faroese tað and English that.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

það n

  1. it (both nominative and accusative)
    Það gerðist fyrir nokkrum árum.It happened several years ago.
  2. it, there (impersonal subject)
    Það er lítið rautt hús á horninu.There is a little red house on the corner.
  3. neuter singular of (that)
    Hann vildi ekki borða það.He didn't want to eat that.
Declension
Derived terms

Adverb

það

  1. that, so
    Ég vissi ekki að hann væri það veikur.I didn't know he was that ill.

Synonyms