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)

1. a stream, a current
2. an electric current

Declension

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