himin

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse himinn, from Proto-Germanic *heminaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō (“stone, cloud, heaven”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhiːmɪn]

Noun

himin m (genitive singular himins, plural himnar)

  1. a sky, the heavens
  2. (in the plural) heaven, paradise

Declension

m21 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative himin himinin himnar himnarnir
accusative himin himinin himnar himnarnar
dative himni himninum himnum himnunum
genitive himins himinsins himna himnanna

Synonyms

References

Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 87

Gothic

Romanization

himin

  1. romanization of 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽

Icelandic

Noun

himin

  1. indefinite accusative singular of himinn

Old Norse

Noun

himin

  1. accusative singular of himinn
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