húm

See also: hum, Hum, hùm, hũm, and HUM

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse húm, from Proto-Germanic *skim- (“to shine-”), which has been compared to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”),[1] but according to the Etymologisch Woordenboek this is extremely unlikely.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːm/
  • Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

húm n (genitive singular húms, no plural)

  1. twilight, dusk
    Synonyms: ljósaskipti, rökkur, rökkurró
    Antonyms: dögun, afturelding

Declension

Declension of húm (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative húm húmið
accusative húm húmið
dative húmi húminu
genitive húms húmsins

References

  1. ^ Southern, M. R. V. (1999). Sub-grammatical survival : Indo-European s-mobile and its regeneration in Germanic. Washington: Institute for the Study of Man, p. 199
  2. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “hom”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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