þau

See also: yau, thau, and thău

Gothic

Romanization

þau

  1. Romanization of 𐌸𐌰𐌿

Icelandic

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /θøːɥ/

Pronoun

þau n pl

  1. (personal pronoun) they (referring to a mixed male/female group), nominative plural of það (“it”)
    Þau eru skemmtileg
    They are fun.
    Þau elska þau.
    They love them.
  2. (personal pronoun) them (referring to a mixed male/female group), accusative plural of það (“it”)
    Hver heldurðu að hafi myrt þau?
    Who do you suppose killed them?
    Þau elska þau
    They love them.

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

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þō (“they, those”), plural neuter of *sa (“that”). Cognate with Old English þā, Old Saxon thē, Old High German diu, Gothic 𐌸𐍉 (þō).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θɑu̯/

Pronoun

þau

  1. they, them (third-person nominative and accusative plural neuter personal pronoun)
  2. those (nominative and accusative plural neuter demonstrative pronoun)

Declension
Old Norse personal pronouns
number first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative ek þú hann hón, hǫ́n þat
accusative mik þik sik hann hana, hána þat
dative mér þér sér hánum, hónum, hǫ́num henni því
genitive mín þín sín hans hennar þess
case dual
nominative vit it, þit
accusative okkr ykkr sik
dative okkr ykkr sér
genitive okkar ykkar sín
case plural plural masculine plural feminine plural neuter
nominative vér ér, þér þeir þær þau
accusative oss yðr sik þá þær þau
dative oss yðr sér þeim þeim þeim
genitive vár yðar, yðvar sín þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra


Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sá sú þat
accusative þann þá þat
dative þeim þeirri því, þí
genitive þess þeirrar þess
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative þeir þær þau
accusative þá þær þau
dative þeim þeim þeim
genitive þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra


Descendants
  • Icelandic: þau
  • Faroese: tey
  • Old Swedish: þø̄n, þø̄
  • Old Gutnish: þaun
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