tað

See also: tath, táth-, það, and Appendix:Variations of "tad"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þat (“it, that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (neuter of *só). Cognates include Icelandic það, Danish det and English that.

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰɛa(ː)]
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): [tʰa]
• Rhymes: -ɛaː

Pronoun

tað n sg

1. (personal) it

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Pronoun

tað n sg

1. (demonstrative) that

Declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
accusative	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†
dative	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
genitive	tess	teirrar	tess
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	teir	tær	tey
accusative	teir (tá)†
dative	teimum (teim)†
genitive	teirra

† obsolete

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tað, from Proto-Germanic *tadą. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk tad (“manure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːð/

  Rhymes: -aːð

Noun

tað n (genitive singular taðs, no plural)

1. manure, dung

Declension

Declension of tað (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tað	taðið
accusative	tað	taðið
dative	taði	taðinu
genitive	taðs	taðsins

Derived terms

• hrossatað
• kúatað
• sauðatað