лом

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lomъ.

Noun

лом (lomm (diminutive ломец) (dialectal)

  1. fracture, failure, rupture
    лом и погром (idiom)lom i pogromtotal collapse, breakdown (literally, “fracture and downfall”)
  2. (by extension) rumpus, tumult, breakdown
    положението е ломpoloženieto e lomthe situation is catastrophic
  3. crowbar (instrument for pecking)

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See also

  • Лом (Lom) (toponym, etymologically unrelated)

References

Chechen

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ლომი (lomi).

Noun

лом (lom?

  1. lion

Ingush

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ლომი (lomi).

Noun

лом (lom?

  1. lion

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lomъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

лом (lomm

  1. mess, rumpus

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lomъ.

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Noun

лом (lomm inan (genitive ло́ма, nominative plural ло́мы or ломы́, genitive plural ломо́в)

  1. crowbar
    • 1887, Всеволод Гаршин [Vsevolod Garshin], Сигнал; English translation from The Signal, New York: Modern Library, 1925:
      — Васи́лий Степа́ныч! Оте́ц родно́й, голу́бчик, вороти́сь! Дай лом! Поста́вим рельс, никто́ не узна́ет. Вороти́сь, спаси́ свою́ ду́шу от греха́.
      — Vasílij Stepányč! Otéc rodnój, golúbčik, vorotísʹ! Daj lom! Postávim relʹs, niktó ne uznájet. Vorotísʹ, spasí svojú dúšu ot grexá.
      "Vasily Stepanych! My dear friend, come back! Give me the crow-bar. We will put the rail back; no one will know. Come back! Save your soul from sin!"
  1. scrap, waste

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Descendants

  • Armenian: լոմ (lom)
  • Uyghur: لوم (lom)

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lomъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ло̑м m (Latin spelling lȏm)

  1. fracture
  2. breach, breakage
  3. rumpus, ruckus, uproar
  4. refraction, diffraction (of light)

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References

  • лом” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lomъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

лом (lomm inan (genitive ло́ма, nominative plural ломи́, genitive plural ломі́в)

  1. crowbar

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Noun

лом (lomm inan (genitive ло́му, uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) scrap, waste, debris (broken items, or fit only for recycling, usually of metal)
  2. (uncountable) dry branches or twigs that have fallen on the ground

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