óm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔuːn]

Noun

óm

  1. dative plural of ær

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ohm, from the surname of German physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ouːm

Noun

óm n (genitive singular óms, nominative plural óm)

  1. (physics) ohm

Declension

Declension of óm (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative óm ómið óm ómin
accusative óm ómið óm ómin
dative ómi óminu ómum ómunum
genitive óms ómsins óma ómanna

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːmˠ/

Etymology 1

    From the surname of German physicist Georg Ohm.

    Noun

    óm m (genitive singular óim, nominative plural óim)

    1. (physics) ohm
    Declension
    Declension of óm (first declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative óm óim
    vocative a óim a óma
    genitive óim óm
    dative óm óim
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an t-óm na hóim
    genitive an óim na n-óm
    dative leis an óm
    don óm
    leis na hóim
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish úam. By surface analysis, univerbation of ó +‎ mo.

      Contraction

      óm (triggers lenition)

      1. (Munster) contraction of ó +‎ mo, literally from my
        Bhí mé scartha amach óm dhaoine.I was cut off from my people.
      Irish preposition contractions
      contracted with copular forms
      base form an (the sg) na (the pl) mo (my) do (your) a (his, her, their; which (present)) ár (our) ar (which (past)) before a consonant before a vowel
      present/future past/conditional
      de (from) den de na
      desna*
      de mo
      dem*
      de do
      ded*, det*
      dár dar darb darbh
      do (to, for) don do na
      dosna*
      do mo
      dom*
      do do
      dod*, dot*
      dár dar darb darbh
      faoi (under, about) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
      i (in) sa, san sna i mo
      im*
      i do
      id*, it*
      ina inár inar inarb inarbh
      le (with) leis an leis na le mo
      lem*
      le do
      led*, let*
      lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
      ó (from, since) ón ó na
      ósna*
      ó mo
      óm*
      ó do
      ód*, ót*
      óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
      trí (through) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh

      *dialectal

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of óm
      radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
      óm n-óm hóm t-óm

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Further reading

      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “óm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • ohm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
      • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “óm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Verb

      óm

      1. imperative of óma