ýmis

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See also: Ýmis and ymis

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ýmiss.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ýmis (no comparative, superlative (rare, sometimes proscribed) ýmsastur)

  1. various

Declension

positive forms of ýmis
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmis ýmis ýmist
accusative ýmsan ýmsa
dative ýmsum ýmissi ýmsu
genitive ýmiss ýmissar ýmiss
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmsir ýmsar ýmis, ýms
accusative ýmsa
dative ýmsum
genitive ýmissa, ýmsra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmsi1 ýmsa1 ýmsa1
acc/dat/gen ýmsa1 ýmsu1
plural (all-case) ýmsu

1Less common, sometimes proscribed.

superlative forms of ýmis
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmsastur1 ýmsust1 ýmsast1
accusative ýmsastan1 ýmsasta1
dative ýmsustum1 ýmsastri1 ýmsustu1
genitive ýmsasts1 ýmsastrar1 ýmsasts1
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmsastir1 ýmsastar1 ýmsust1
accusative ýmsasta1
dative ýmsustum1
genitive ýmsastra1
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ýmsasti1 ýmsasta1 ýmsasta1
acc/dat/gen ýmsasta1 ýmsustu1
plural (all-case) ýmsustu1

1Rare, sometimes proscribed.

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.

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia