streymur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse straumr (“a stream, a current, a race; the tide, a river”), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɹɛiːjmʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛiːjmʊɹ

Noun

streymur m (genitive singular streyms, plural streymar)

  1. a stream, a current
  2. an electric current

Declension

m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative streymur streymurin streymar streymarnir
accusative streym streymin streymar streymarnar
dative streymi streyminum streymum streymunum
genitive streyms streymsins streyma streymanna

Derived terms

  • andstreymur
  • áarstreymur
  • ferðastreymur
  • javnstreymur (“direct current”)
  • landstreymur
  • malustreymur
  • meldurstreymur
  • mótstreymur
  • myllustreymur
  • peringarstreymur
  • rinstreymur
  • sjóvarfalsstreymur
  • sterkstreymur
  • tvarrastreymur
  • undanstreymur
  • undirstreymur
  • veikstreymur
  • vendistreymur
  • øskustreymur
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