Noun: þys
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | þys |
| Sg. Def. | þysinn |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | þyss |
| Sg. Def. | þyssins |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | þys |
| Sg. Def. | þysnum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | þys |
| Sg. Def. | þysinn |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like þys
snóker,
borðtennis,
sandpappír,
A-dúr,
D-dúr,
G-dúr,
blóðmör,
eldpipar,
dagblaðapappír,
C-dúr,
hríspappír,
gorgeir,
klósettpappír,
sykurreyr,
lakkrís,
líter,
kopar,
pipar,
póker,
þys, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse þyss (“uproar, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þusiz, related to Proto-Germanic *þausōną (“to surge, roar, flow”), from the same source as *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”). Related to German tosen (“to roar, rage”), Old English þys (“tempest, storm”). See: Old English Nouns '
þys'.
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