óm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɔuːn]

Noun

óm

dative plural of ær

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ohm, from the surname of German physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ouːm

Noun

óm n (genitive singular óms, nominative plural óm)

(physics) ohm

Declension

declension of óm

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	óm	ómið	óm	ómin
accusative	óm	ómið	óm	ómin
dative	ómi	óminu	ómum	ómunum
genitive	óms	ómsins	óma	ómanna

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oːmˠ/

Etymology 1

From the surname of German physicist Georg Ohm.

Noun

óm m (genitive singular óim, nominative plural óim)

(physics) ohm

Declension

Declension of óm

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	óm	óim
Vocative	a óim	a óma
Genitive	óim	óm
Dative	óm	óim

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-óm	na hóim
Genitive	an óim	na n-óm
Dative	leis an óm don óm	leis na hóim

Derived terms

óm-mhéadar m (“ohmmeter”)

Etymology 2

See ó mo.

Contraction

óm (triggers lenition)

(Munster) Contraction of ó mo (“from my”).
Bhí mé scartha amach óm dhaoine. ― I was cut off from my people.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded, det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod, dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id, it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led, let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód, ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
óm	n-óm	hóm	t-óm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “óm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“ohm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Entries containing “óm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

óm

imperative of óma

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