síma

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See also: sima, sīmǎ, šima, and Sīmǎ

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse síma, from Proto-Germanic *sīmô (rope, cord), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁i- (to tie, bind). Cognate with Old English sīma (rope, cord), Old Frisian sīma (rope), Old Saxon sīmo (cord).

Noun

síma n (genitive singular síma, nominative plural símu)

  1. (obsolete) cord, rope
Declension

Etymology 2

From sími (telephone), itself based on síma (cord, rope).

Verb

síma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative símaði, supine símað)

  1. to telephone
Conjugation

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