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

• (hour): klokkutími
• (lesson): skúlatími, undirvísningartími
• (time): tíð

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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

declension of tími

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tími	tíminn	tímar	tímarnir
accusative	tíma	tímann	tíma	tímana
dative	tíma	tímanum	tímum	tímunum
genitive	tíma	tímans	tíma	tímanna

Synonyms

• (period or era): tíð f, tímabil n
• (hour): klukkustund f, klukkutími m
• (lesson): kennslustund f, kennslutími m

Derived terms

• tíminn flýgur
• tímafrekur
• kennslutími
• komutími
• líftími
• tímaskyn

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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

Related terms

• tíð

Descendants

• Danish: time c
• Faroese: tími m
• Icelandic: tími m

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