om-

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om-

1. and, plus; forms numerals.

   ōme (“two”) → omōme (“plus two”)

   ēyi (“three”) → omēyi (“plus three”)

The consonantal sound of the prefix om- undergoes regressive assimilation (where a consonantal sound assimilates into the one that follows it) in some situations:

• m- becomes n:

  cē (“one”) → oncē (“plus one”)

  nāhui (“four”) → onnāhui (“plus four”)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Welsh ym-.

om-

1. Forms reflexive verbs, one another, oneself

   ‎om- + ‎golghi (“wash”) → ‎omwolghi (“wash oneself”)

   ‎om- + ‎perthi (“endure”) → ‎omberthi (“balance”)

   ‎om- + ‎profya (“offer”) → ‎ombrofya (“apply (for a post)”)

From Old Norse um (“about, concerning”).

om-

1. re-, over

   ‎om- + ‎male (“paint”) → ‎ommale (“repaint”)

   ‎om- + ‎klassificere (“classify”) → ‎omklassificere (“reclassify”)

   ‎om- + ‎bestemme (sig) (“decide”) → ‎ombestemme (sig) (“change one's mind”)

2. around

• (re-): gen-, re-

See om

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om-

1. denotes that the action encloses or surrounds the object

   Het kind omklemde haar moeder.

   The child clamped herself around her mother.

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

See om

om-

1. around
2. re-

• “om-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

See om

om-

1. around
2. re-

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

From om.

om-

1. around, about

   Synonym: kring-

   ‎om- + ‎ring (“ring”) → ‎omringa (“surround”)

   ‎om- + ‎slingra (“slither”) → ‎omslingra (“entwine”)

   ‎om- + ‎skära (“cut”) → ‎omskära (“circumcise (of which it is a calque)”)

2. about

   ‎om- + ‎tala (“speak”) → ‎omtalad (“talked about”)

3. re-, again, over

   Synonyms: (less common) gen-, re-

   ‎om- + ‎klassificera (“classify”) → ‎omklassificera (“reclassify”)

• om in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• om in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• om in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord.

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord.

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord.

ṓḿ-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

ṓḿ-

1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

ṓḿ-

1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “om-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “om-”