streymur
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse straumr (“a stream, a current, a race; the tide, a river”), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɹɛiːjmʊɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛiːjmʊɹ
Noun
streymur m (genitive singular streyms, plural streymar)
- a stream, a current
- an electric current
Declension
| Declension of streymur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | streymur | streymurin | streymar | streymarnir |
| accusative | streym | streymin | streymar | streymarnar |
| dative | streymi | streyminum | streymum | streymunum |
| genitive | streyms | streymsins | streyma | streymanna |
Derived terms
- andstreymur
- áarstreymur
- ferðastreymur
- javnstreymur (direct current)
- landstreymur
- malustreymur
- meldurstreymur
- mótstreymur
- myllustreymur
- peringarstreymur
- rinstreymur
- sjóvarfalsstreymur
- sterkstreymur
- tvarrastreymur
- undanstreymur
- undirstreymur
- veikstreymur
- vendistreymur
- øskustreymur
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