síma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sima"

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːma/
    Rhymes: -iːma

Etymology 1

From Old Norse síma, from Proto-Germanic *sīmô (“rope, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁i- (“to tie, bind”). Cognate with Old English sīma (“rope, cord”), Old Frisian sīma (“rope”), Old Saxon sīmo (“cord”).

Noun

síma n (genitive singular síma, nominative plural símu)

  1. (poetic) cord, rope
Declension

Etymology 2

From sími (“telephone”), itself based on síma (“cord, rope”).

Verb

síma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative símaði, supine símað)

  1. to telephone
Conjugation

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