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)

  1. hour
  2. lesson
  3. (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


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)

  1. time (inevitable passing of events)
  2. time (period or era)
    Minn tími mun koma.
    My time will come.
  3. (colloquial) hour
  4. (colloquial) lesson, class period

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms


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

  1. time

Descendants

  • Norwegian: time (Bokmål), time (Nynorsk) m (hour)
  • Swedish: timme c
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