ýmis

See also: Ýmis and ymis

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ýmiss.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiːmɪs/
Rhymes: -iːmɪs

Pronoun

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

various

Declension

Positive forms of *ýmis*
strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ýmis	ýmis	ýmist
	accusative	ýmsan	ýmsa	ýmist
	dative	ýmsum	ýmissi	ýmsu
	genitive	ýmiss	ýmissar	ýmiss

	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ýmsir	ýmsar	ýmis, ýms
	accusative	ýmsa	ýmsar	ýmis, ýms
	dative	ýmsum
	genitive	ýmissa, ýmsra

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ýmsi¹	ýmsa¹	ýmsa¹
	acc/dat/gen	ýmsa¹	ýmsu¹	ýmsa¹
	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	ýmsast¹
	dative	ýmsustum¹	ýmsastri¹	ýmsustu¹
	genitive	ýmsasts¹	ýmsastrar¹	ýmsasts¹

	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ýmsastir¹	ýmsastar¹	ýmsust¹
	accusative	ýmsasta¹	ýmsastar¹	ýmsust¹
	dative	ýmsustum¹
	genitive	ýmsastra¹

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ýmsasti¹	ýmsasta¹	ýmsasta¹
	acc/dat/gen	ýmsasta¹	ýmsustu¹	ýmsasta¹
	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

ýmislegur
ýmiss konar (“different, dissimilar, varying”)
það er ýmist of eða van, of eða van
fara eftir ýmsu
velta á ýmsu