víma

Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

víma f (genitive singular vímu, nominative plural vímur)

  1. an intoxication, a high, a euphoria
    • the article Kannabis (hass, maríhúana, hassolía) on doktor.is
      Hin eiginlega víma byrjar litlu síðar. Þá finnur neytandinn ró og vellíðan og höfgi færist yfir hann.
      The actual high starts a little later. The user then becomes calm and filled with a sense of well-being, and starts feeling drowsiness.

Declension

Declension of víma (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative víma víman vímur vímurnar
accusative vímu vímuna vímur vímurnar
dative vímu vímunni vímum vímunum
genitive vímu vímunnar vímna, víma vímnanna, vímanna

Derived terms

  • sofa úr sér vímuna