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

• himmal

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