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dimma
dimma
See also: Dimma
Faroese
Alternative forms
- (common) dimmi
Noun
dimma f (genitive singular dimmu, uncountable)
- (rare) darkness of the night
- abbreviation of the newspaper Dimmalætting, see Dimma
Declension
| Declension of dimma (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| f1s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | dimma | dimman |
| accusative | dimmu | dimmuna |
| dative | dimmu | dimmuni |
| genitive | dimmu | dimmunnar |
Verb
dimma (third person singular past indicative dimdi, third person plural past indicative dimt, supine dimt)
- to get dark, darken
Conjugation
| v-8 | ||||
| infinitive | dimma | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | dimmandi | |||
| past participle a7 | dimdur | |||
| supine | dimt | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | dimmi | dimmir | dimmir | dimma |
| past | dimdi | dimdi | dimdi | dimdu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | dimma! | — | dimmið! |
Adjective
dimma
- dark, indefinite (strong) accusative singular femal form of dimmur
- dark, indefinite (strong) genitive plural form of dimmur
Declension
| dimmur a20 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | dimmur | dimm | dimt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | dimman | dimma | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | dimmum | dimmari | dimmum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (dims) | (dimmar/ dimrar) |
(dims) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | dimmir | dimmar | dimm |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | dimmar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | dimmum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (dimma dimra) |
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Icelandic
Etymology
Compare the Old English dimm and the English dim.
Noun
dimma f (genitive singular dimmu, no plural)
Declension
declension of dimma
Verb
dimma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dimmdi, supine dimmt)
Conjugation
dimma — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að dimma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
dimmt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
dimmandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég dimmi | við dimmum | present (nútíð) |
ég dimmi | við dimmum |
| þú dimmir | þið dimmið | þú dimmir | þið dimmið | ||
| hann, hún, það dimmir | þeir, þær, þau dimma | hann, hún, það dimmi | þeir, þær, þau dimmi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég dimmdi | við dimmdum | past (þátíð) |
ég dimmdi | við dimmdum |
| þú dimmdir | þið dimmduð | þú dimmdir | þið dimmduð | ||
| hann, hún, það dimmdi | þeir, þær, þau dimmdu | hann, hún, það dimmdi | þeir, þær, þau dimmdu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
dimm (þú) | dimmið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| dimmdu | dimmiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||