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{{also|tha|THA|-tha|þa|thá|thả}}
==Icelandic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|is|gem-pro|*þawō}}. The conclusive -n has fallen away in the Scandinavian dialects already in the oldest texts.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|is|/ˈθauː/}}

===Adverb===
{{is-adv}}

# [[then]], the past
#: {{ux|is|'''Þá''' var ég ungur maður.|'''Then''' I was a young man.}}
# [[then]]
#* Genesis 5:3 ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Fyrsta%20bók%20Móse+5:3&version=ICELAND Icelandic], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Fyrsta%20b%C3%B3k%20M%C3%B3se%205:3&version=NIV English])
#*: {{ux|is|Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. '''Þá''' gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.|When Adam had lived 130 years, '''then''' he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.}}
#: {{ux|is|'''Þá''' fer ég bara!|'''Then''' I'll just leave!}}
#: {{ux|is|Hvað gerirðu '''þá'''?|What will you do '''then'''?}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|is|þátíð}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|is|pronoun forms}}

# {{sense|personal pronoun}} [[them]], accusative of {{m|is|þeir||they}} which is in turn the plural form of {{m|is|hann||him}}
#: {{ux|is|Ekki drepa '''þá'''!|Don't kill '''them'''!}}
#: {{ux|is|'''Þá''' þekki ég svo sannarlega.|I sure am familiar with '''them'''.}}

====Declension====
{{is-decl-ppron-table}}

===Noun===
{{is-noun|@@}}

# [[thaw]]

====Declension====
{{is-ndecl|f,r:ar}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|is|þána||to thaw out, to melt}}
* {{l|is|þeyja||to thaw}}
* {{l|is|þeyr||thawing weather}}

{{cln|is|personal pronouns}}

==Old Norse==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|non|gem-pro|*þan||then}}. Cognate with {{cog|ang|þā}}, {{cog|goh|-}} {{m|ang|danne}}, {{cog|got|𐌸𐌰𐌽}}.

====Adverb====
{{non-adv|-}}

# [[then]], at that time, [[after]] that

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|is|þá}}
* {{desc|fo|tá}}
* {{desc|nn|då}}
* {{desc|gmq-osw|þā}}
** {{desc|sv|då|tå}} {{q|obsolete}}
* {{desc|da|da}}
** {{desc|nb|da}}
*** {{desc|nn|da|bor=1}}
<!-- not sure about Danish and N. Bokmål: "da" might be German influence -->

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|non|gem-pro|*þǭ}}, accusative singular feminine of {{der|non|gem-pro|*sa||that}}. Cognate with {{cog|ang|þā}}, {{cog|osx|thia}}, {{cog|goh|dē}}, {{m|goh|dea}}, {{cog|got|𐌸𐍉}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|non|pronoun form}}

# {{senseid|non|fsg}} [[that]] {{qualifier|accusative singular feminine demonstrative pronoun}}

=====Declension=====
{{non-decl-dpron}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|is|þá}}
* {{desc|fo|ta|tá}}
* {{desc|gmq-osw|þē}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|non|gem-pro|*þanz}}, accusative plural masculine of {{der|non|gem-pro|*sa||that}}. Cognate with {{cog|got|𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|non|pronoun form}}

# {{senseid|non|mpl}} [[those]] {{qualifier|accusative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun}}
# [[them]] {{qualifier|third-person accusative plural masculine personal pronoun}}

=====Declension=====
{{non-decl-ppron}}
{{non-decl-dpron}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|is|þá}}
* {{desc|fo|tá|qq=obsolete}}
* {{desc|gmq-osw|þā}}

===Etymology 4===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|non|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|non|þiggja||1//3|s|past|act|ind}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:non:Cleasby-Vigfússon}}