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þessi

þessi

Icelandic

Pronoun

þessi ‎(feminine þessi, neuter þetta)

  1. (demonstrative) this, that (referring to both persons and things)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 Old English and its relatives, Google books

Etymology

From Old Norse [Term?] *þes-, þessi (neuter plural), sjá (nominative),[1] related to and from the same ultimate origin as the irregular inflection of Old Norse sá, a descendant from the likewise irregularly inflected Proto-Germanic *sa.[1] Cognate with Old English þes and Old High German dese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛsːɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsːɪ

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