kromm

See also: Kromm

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton crom, croum, from Proto-Brythonic *krum, from Proto-Celtic *krumbos, from Proto-Germanic *krumbaz. Cognate with Cornish kromm, Irish and Scottish Gaelic crom, Manx croym, and Welsh crwm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɔ̃mː/

Adjective

kromm

  1. curved
    Synonym: tort

Mutation

Mutation of kromm
unmutated soft aspirate hard
simple form kromm gromm never occurs never occurs
comparative krommoc'h grommoc'h never occurs never occurs
superlative krommañ grommañ c'hrommañ unchanged
exclamative krommat grommat c'hrommat unchanged

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Cornish crom, from Proto-Brythonic *krum, from Proto-Celtic *krumbos, from Proto-Germanic *krumbaz. Cognate with Breton kromm, Irish and Scottish Gaelic crom, Manx croym, and Welsh crwm.

Adjective

kromm

  1. curved
  2. rounded
    Synonym: rond

Derived terms

  • kledha kromm (scimitar)
  • kromma (bend, verb)
  • kromman (sickle)
  • krommedh (curvature)
  • krommen (crescent, curve)
  • krommgenter (staple)
  • krommgentra (staple, verb)
  • krommgentrell (stapler)
  • krommlegh (cromlegh, dolmen)
  • krommvagh (bracket, parenthesis)

Verb

kromm

  1. inflection of kromma:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutation of kromm
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
kromm gromm unchanged unchanged unchanged unchanged

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German krump. Cognate with German krumm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʀom/
    • Rhymes: -om
    • Homophone: Kromm

Adjective

kromm (masculine krommen, neuter krommt, comparative méi kromm, superlative am krommsten)

  1. crooked, bent
  2. (figuratively) shady, crooked

Declension

Declension of kromm
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass kromm si ass kromm et ass kromm si si(nn) kromm
nominative /
accusative
attributive and/or after determiner krommen kromm krommt kromm
independent without determiner krommes krommer
dative after any declined word krommen krommer krommen krommen
as first declined word krommem krommem

Plautdietsch

Adjective

kromm

  1. crooked, bent
  2. curved, winding