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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Helm.
Pronunciation
Noun
helma f
- helmet
- hard hat
Declension
Declension of helma (hard feminine reducible)
Further reading
- helma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- helma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hëlma (compare Estonian hõlm), possibly borrowed either from Baltic (compare Lithuanian šelmuo (“ridge (of a roof)”)) or from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”) (compare Old English helm (“helmet, protection, covering”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
helma
- skirt, base, lap (part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist)
- Synonyms: helmus, lieve, reuna
- hem (border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying)
- Synonyms: palle, päärme
- (figuratively) care
- äitinsä helmoissa ― cared for by his mother / living with his mother
- (furniture) valance (short, decorative edging of cloth that conceals the underside of a bed, couch or other piece of furniture)
- Synonym: helmalakana
Declension
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Old English
Etymology
Cognate with Old Norse hjálm.
Pronunciation
Noun
helma m
- helm (of boat), tiller
Declension
Declension of helma (weak)
Descendants
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
helma f (genitive singular helmy, nominative plural helmy, genitive plural heliem, declension pattern of žena)
- helmet
Declension
Further reading
- “helma”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024