tómur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tómr, from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɔuːmʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔuːmʊɹ
  • Hyphenation: tó‧mur

Adjective

tómur (comparative tómari, superlative tómastur)

  1. empty
  2. vacant
  3. dense, dull, silly, slow-witted, stupid

Declension

Declension of tómur (a1)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tómur tóm tómt
accusative tóman tóma tómt
dative tómum tómari tómum
genitive tóms tómar tóms
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tómir tómar tóm
accusative tómar tómar tóm
dative tómum tómum tómum
genitive tóma tóma tóma

References

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tómr (empty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰouːmʏr/
    Rhymes: -ouːmʏr

Adjective

tómur (comparative tómari, superlative tómastur)

  1. empty, vacant; without content
    Synonym: innihaldslaus

Declension

Positive forms of tómur
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tómur tóm tómt
accusative tóman tóma
dative tómum tómri tómu
genitive tóms tómrar tóms
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tómir tómar tóm
accusative tóma
dative tómum
genitive tómra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tómi tóma tóma
acc/dat/gen tóma tómu
plural (all-case) tómu
Comparative forms of tómur
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) tómari tómari tómara
plural (all-case) tómari
Superlative forms of tómur
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tómastur tómust tómast
accusative tómastan tómasta
dative tómustum tómastri tómustu
genitive tómasts tómastrar tómasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tómastir tómastar tómust
accusative tómasta
dative tómustum
genitive tómastra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tómasti tómasta tómasta
acc/dat/gen tómasta tómustu
plural (all-case) tómustu

Derived terms

  • grípa í tómt (to miss the boat)