húm
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)
- twilight, dusk
- Synonyms: ljósaskipti, rökkur, rökkurró
Declension
declension of húm
| n-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | húm | húmið |
| accusative | húm | húmið |
| dative | húmi | húminu |
| genitive | húms | húmsins |
Antonyms
References
- 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
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “hom”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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