tími
See also: timi and Timi
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tī-, from *dī- (“time”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtʰʊimɪ]
- Rhymes: -ʊimɪ
Noun
tími m (genitive singular tíma, plural tímar)
- hour
- lesson
- (rare) (right in) time
Declension
Declension of tími | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
m1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tími | tímin | tímar | tímarnir |
accusative | tíma | tíman | tímar | tímarnar |
dative | tíma | tímanum | tímum | tímunum |
genitive | tíma | tímans | tíma | tímanna |
Synonyms
- (hour): klokkutími
- (lesson): skúlatími, undirvísningartími
- (time): tíð
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tī-, from *dī- (“time”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʰiːmɪ/
- Rhymes: -iːmɪ
Noun
tími m (genitive singular tíma, nominative plural tímar)
- time (inevitable passing of events)
- time (period or era)
- Minn tími mun koma.
- My time will come.
- (colloquial) hour
- (colloquial) lesson, class period
Declension
declension of tími
m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tími | tíminn | tímar | tímarnir |
accusative | tíma | tímann | tíma | tímana |
dative | tíma | tímanum | tímum | tímunum |
genitive | tíma | tímans | tíma | tímanna |
Synonyms
- (period or era): tíð f, tímabil n
- (hour): klukkustund f, klukkutími m
- (lesson): kennslustund f, kennslutími m
Derived terms
- tíminn flýgur
- tímafrekur
- kennslutími
- komutími
- líftími
- tímaskyn
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tīmô, from Proto-Indo-European *tī-, from *dī- (“time”). Cognate with Old English tīma (whence English time). The Germanic source is related to Proto-Germanic *tīdiz (“time”), whence Old Norse tíð.
Noun
tími m
- time
Related terms
- tíð
Descendants
- Danish: time c
- Faroese: tími m
- Icelandic: tími m
- Norwegian: time (Bokmål), time (Nynorsk) m (hour)
- Swedish: timme c