ýmis

ýmis

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːmɪs/

  Rhymes: -iːmɪs

Pronoun

ýmis (feminine ýmis, neuter ýmist)

1. various

Inflection

    strong declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmis	ýmis	ýmist
accusative	ýmsan	ýmsa	ýmist
dative	ýmsum	ýmissi	ýmsu
genitive	ýmiss	ýmissar	ýmiss
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmsir	ýmsar	ýmis
accusative	ýmsa	ýmsar	ýmis
dative	ýmsum	ýmsum	ýmsum
genitive	ýmissa	ýmissa	ýmissa

The masculine nominative singular ýmiss also occurs. Also sometimes seen are feminine dative and genitive singular ýmissri, ýmissrar, respectively, and genitive plural ýmissra.

There is also a variant ýms, where the -i- is dropped throughout and the resulting declension is the same as of e.g. frjáls:

    strong declension (variant)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýms	ýms	ýmst
accusative	ýmsan	ýmsa	ýmst
dative	ýmsum	ýmsri	ýmsu
genitive	ýms	ýmsrar	ýms
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmsir	ýmsar	ýms
accusative	ýmsa	ýmsar	ýms
dative	ýmsum	ýmsum	ýmsum
genitive	ýmsra	ýmsra	ýmsra

Occasionally this word is also used in the weak declension, usually with an article before it, and sometimes even in superlative. This is, however, proscribed by many authorities.

    weak declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmsi	ýmsa	ýmsa
accusative	ýmsa	ýmsu	ýmsa
dative	ýmsa	ýmsu	ýmsa
genitive	ýmsa	ýmsu	ýmsa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmsu	ýmsu	ýmsu
accusative	ýmsu	ýmsu	ýmsu
dative	ýmsu	ýmsu	ýmsu
genitive	ýmsu	ýmsu	ýmsu

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmsasti	ýmsasta	ýmsasta
accusative	ýmsasta	ýmsustu	ýmsasta
dative	ýmsasta	ýmsustu	ýmsasta
genitive	ýmsasta	ýmsustu	ýmsasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmsustu	ýmsustu	ýmsustu
accusative	ýmsustu	ýmsustu	ýmsustu
dative	ýmsustu	ýmsustu	ýmsustu
genitive	ýmsustu	ýmsustu	ýmsustu

Derived terms

• ýmislegur
• ýmiss konar (different, dissimilar, varying)
• það er ýmist of eða van, of eða van
• fara eftir ýmsu
• velta á ýmsu