himin

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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himin m (genitive singular himins, plural himnar)

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

Declension

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Declension of himin
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

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References

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

Gothic

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Romanization

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himin

  1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽

Icelandic

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Noun

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himin

  1. indefinite accusative singular of himinn

Old Norse

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Noun

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himin

  1. accusative singular of himinn