tími

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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

Noun

tími m (genitive singular tíma, plural tímar)

  1. hour
  2. lesson
  3. (rare) (right in) time

Declension

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

Noun

tími m (genitive singular tíma, nominative plural tímar)

  1. time (inevitable passing of events)
  2. time (period or era)
    Synonyms: tíð f, tímabil n
    Minn tími mun koma.
    My time will come.
  3. (colloquial) hour
    Synonyms: klukkustund f, klukkutími m
  4. (colloquial) lesson, class period
    Synonyms: kennslustund f, kennslutími m

Declension

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

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tími
  • Faroese: tími
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: time
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: time
  • Elfdalian: taime
  • Old Swedish: tīme
  • Danish: time