tímaspursmál

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tíma (of time) the genitive form of tími (time) and spursmál (a problem, a question, an issue); literally meaning "a question of time".

Noun[edit]

tímaspursmál n (genitive singular tímaspursmáls, nominative plural tímaspursmál)

  1. a question of time
    Það er bara tímaspursmál.
    It's only a question of time.
    Það er bara tímaspursmál hvenær stíflan brestur.
    It's only a question of time when the dam is going to burst.

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