óm

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

óm

  1. dative plural of ær

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

óm n (genitive singular óms, nominative plural óm)

  1. (physics) ohm

Declension

    Declension of óm
n-s 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

Etymology 1

From the surname of German physicist Georg Ohm.

Noun

óm m (genitive singular óim, nominative plural óim)

  1. (physics) ohm
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See ó mo.

Contraction

óm (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of ó mo (from my).
    Bhí mé scartha amach óm dhaoine.I was cut off from my people.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
óm n-óm hóm t-óm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

óm

  1. imperative of óma