Faroese

Noun

tíð f (genitive singular tíðar, plural tíðir)

1. time
2. (grammar) tense

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tíð, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dīti- ‎(“time, period”), from *dī- ‎(“time”).

Noun

tíð f ‎(genitive singular tíðar, nominative plural tíðir)

1. a time, a period ^syn.
2. a weather conditions ^syn.
3. (in the plural) a female menstruation, a period ^syn.
4. (is the plural) mass ^syn.
5. (grammar) tense

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (period): ^def. tímabil
• (weather conditions): ^def. veðurfar
• (menstruation): ^def. blæðingar, blóðlát kvenna
• (mass): ^def. messa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dīti- ‎(“time, period”), from *dī- ‎(“time”). Compare Old English tīd (English tide), Old Frisian tīd (West Frisian tiid), Old Saxon tīd (Low German Tied), Old Dutch tīt (Dutch tijd), Old High German zīt (German Zeit); compare also Old Armenian տի ‎(ti).

Noun

tíð f (genitive tíðar, plural tíðir)

1. time
2. hour
3. (in the plural) divine service, prayers
4. (grammar) length
5. (grammar) tense
6. (grammar) ending, termination (ending in nouns and verbs)

Declension

Descendants

• Danish: tid
• Faroese: tíð
• Icelandic: tíð
• Norwegian: tid
• Swedish: tid
  • Elfdalian tið
• Elfdalian taið