tyme

== English == === Noun === tyme (countable and uncountable, plural tymes) Archaic spelling of time. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === etym, ymet == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English tīma, from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô. Doublet of demon. ==== Alternative forms ==== teme, teyme, tim, time, tym tima, timæ, tyma (Early Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtiːm(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== tyme (plural tymes or (Southern, Southwest Midland) tymen) The concept of time or duration. An occasion, event, or occurrence; a specific time. A specific duration; a period of time: A reign; the duration of a ruler's office. A lifetime; the duration of a person's life. Part of a period of time (especially a season or yeartide). Part of a process or event. A brief or ephemeral point in time; an instance. A generic reference to some vaguely-specified or unspecified duration. Times; multiplied by (usually in the plural) Specifies the ratio of comparison in a comparative sentence. (grammar) Verbal tense; the way time is morphologically marked on a verb. ===== Derived terms ===== tymeful tymely tymen ===== Descendants ===== English: time (see there for further descendants) Ottawa Valley: teim Middle Scots: tyme Scots: time, teime, tim Yola: deemes (plural) ===== References ===== “tīme, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman time (continental Old French thym), from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon). ==== Alternative forms ==== thime, time ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtiːm(ə)/, /ˈtim(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== tyme (uncountable) thyme (plants in the genus Thymus) ===== Descendants ===== English: thyme ===== References ===== “tī̆me, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== tyme alternative form of teme (“topic”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== tyme alternative form of tymen (“to occur”)