oman

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See also: Oman, Óman, Omán, and -oman

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.[1]

Noun

oman m (definite omani)

  1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

References

  1. ^ Svane, Gunnar (1992) Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Acta Iutlandica. Humanistische Reihe; 67) (in German), Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, →ISBN

Czech

oman - Inula helenium

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

oman m inan

  1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • oman”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • oman”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē.

Pronunciation

Adverb

oman

  1. (of motion) down, from above, downwards

Preposition

oman (+ accusative)

  1. down (through)

Finnish

Pronunciation

Adjective

oman

  1. genitive singular of oma

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ofan. Compare Faroese oman.

Pronunciation

Adverb

oman

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ovan (from above)

Polish

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oman

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

oman m inan (related adjective omanowy)

  1. inula (any plant of the genus Inula)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • oman in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • oman in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оманъ (omanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

oman m (plural omani)

  1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

òman - Inula helenium

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

òman m (Cyrillic spelling о̀ман)

  1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)
  2. the related and similar Telekia speciosa syn. Telekia cordifolia

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

oman m inan (genitive singular omanu, nominative plural omany, genitive plural omanov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • oman”, 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

Slovene

oman - Inula helenium

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ọ̑man m inan

  1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. ọ̑man
gen. sing. ọ̑mana
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ọ̑man ọ̑mana ọ̑mani
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ọ̑mana ọ̑manov ọ̑manov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ọ̑manu ọ̑manoma ọ̑manom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
ọ̑man ọ̑mana ọ̑mane
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ọ̑manu ọ̑manih ọ̑manih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ọ̑manom ọ̑manoma ọ̑mani

Derived terms

Further reading

  • oman”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English woman.

Noun

oman

  1. wife
  2. a married woman