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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Verb
óma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ómaði, supine ómað)
- to sound (to produce a sound)
Inflection
infinitive
(nafnháttur)
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að óma
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supine
(sagnbót)
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ómað
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present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)
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ómandi
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indicative
(framsöguháttur)
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subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
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present
(nútíð)
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ég óma
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við ómum
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present
(nútíð)
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ég ómi
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við ómum
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| þú ómar
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þið ómið
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þú ómir
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þið ómið
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| hann, hún, það ómar
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þeir, þær, þau óma
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hann, hún, það ómi
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þeir, þær, þau ómi
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past
(þátíð)
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ég ómaði
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við ómuðum
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past
(þátíð)
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ég ómaði
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við ómuðum
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| þú ómaðir
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þið ómuðuð
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þú ómaðir
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þið ómuðuð
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| hann, hún, það ómaði
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þeir, þær, þau ómuðu
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hann, hún, það ómaði
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þeir, þær, þau ómuðu
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imperative
(boðháttur)
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óma (þú)
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ómið (þið)
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| Forms with appended personal pronoun
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| ómaðu
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ómiði *
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| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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Etymology 2
Noun
óma
- indefinite accusative plural of ómur
- indefinite genitive plural of ómur
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Oma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoma/
- Syllabification: ó‧ma
Noun
óma f
- (dated) grandma, grandmother
- Synonyms: babcza, starka
- Coordinate term: ópa
Declension
Further reading
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “babcia”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “óma”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022