tómur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tómr (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔuːmʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔuːmʊɹ

Adjective

tómur

1. empty

Inflection

Declension of tómur (a1)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tómur	tóm	tómt
accusative	tóman	tóma	tómt
dative	tómum	tómari	tómum
genitive	tóms	tómar	tóms
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tómir	tómar	tóm
accusative	tómar	tómar	tóm
dative	tómum	tómum	tómum
genitive	tóma	tóma	tóma

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tómr (“empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰouːmʏr/

  Rhymes: -ouːmʏr

Adjective

tómur (comparative tómari, superlative tómastur)

1. empty, vacant; without content

   Synonym: innihaldslaus

Declension

positive forms of tómur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tómur	tóm	tómt
	accusative	tóman	tóma
	dative	tómum	tómri	tómu
	genitive	tóms	tómrar	tóms
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tómir	tómar	tóm
	accusative	tóma
	dative	tómum
	genitive	tómra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tómi	tóma	tóma
	acc/dat/gen	tóma	tómu
	plural (all-case)	tómu

comparative forms of tómur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	tómari	tómari	tómara
	plural (all-case)	tómari

superlative forms of tómur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tómastur	tómust	tómast
	accusative	tómastan	tómasta
	dative	tómustum	tómastri	tómustu
	genitive	tómasts	tómastrar	tómasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tómastir	tómastar	tómust
	accusative	tómasta
	dative	tómustum
	genitive	tómastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tómasti	tómasta	tómasta
	acc/dat/gen	tómasta	tómustu
	plural (all-case)	tómustu

Derived terms

• grípa í tómt (“to miss the boat”)