gorm

See also Gorm

English

Etymology 1

The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.

Noun

gorm (plural gorms)

1. Alternative form of gaum.

Etymology 2

Noun

gorm

1. axle grease

Verb

gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed)

1. (UK, dialect) To daub with gorm, or with anything sticky.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gorm (“blue”), from Proto-Celtic *gorsmo-, from *gor ("warm, warm colour"), from Proto-Indo-European *wrmi- (“worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Same root as Welsh gwrm (“dusky”).

Adjective

gorm

1. blue
2. (of people, skin) black

Declension

Declension of gorm

First Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	masc.	fem.	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gorm		gorma
Vocative	goirm	gorm	gorma
Genitive	goirm	goirme	gorma	gorm
Dative	gorm		gorma
Comparative	goirme

Derived terms

• dúghorm (“dark blue, navy blue”)
• scothghorm
• spéirghorm

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gorm	ghorm	ngorm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gorm (“blue”), from Proto-Celtic *gorsmo-, from *gor ("warm, warm colour"), from Proto-Indo-European *wrmi- (“worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Same root as Welsh gwrm (“dusky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈgɔrɔ̃m/

Adjective

gorm (comparative guirme)

1. blue
2. Of blue-green to verdant colour, when applied to plants.

Derived terms

• bèist-ghorm (“common dolphin”)
• liath-ghorm (“lilac”)
• seabhag-ghorm (“peregrine falcon”)

Related terms

• gar

References

• Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911