holm

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See also: Holm, hõlm, and ħolm

English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (wave, ocean, water, sea, islet) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (islet), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (rising ground, hill, island), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.

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Noun[edit]

holm (plural holms)

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  1. Small island, islet.
  2. An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
  3. (dialect, chiefly West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names.
  4. Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (holly). Doublet of hollin and holly.

Noun[edit]

holm (plural holms)

  1. (obsolete outside dialects) The holly.
  2. A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.
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Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.

Noun[edit]

holm c (singular definite holmen, plural indefinite holme)

  1. a small island

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch holm, from Old Dutch holm, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *holm (island), from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (small island, hill, mound), from Pre-Germanic *kl̥Hmos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (hill). Doublet of kolom and column.

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Noun[edit]

holm m (plural holmen, diminutive holmpje n)

  1. a small island; an islet

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *holm (island), though the meaning was influenced by Old Norse holmr.

Cognate with Old Saxon holm (German Holm), Old Dutch holm (Dutch holm); also Latin culmen (peak); compare culminate.

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Noun[edit]

holm m (nominative plural holmas)

  1. (poetic) ocean, sea, waters
    • Ða wæs heofonweardes gast ofer holm boren.
      The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: holm, holme

Polish[edit]

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Chemical element
Ho
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holm

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from New Latin holmium.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xɔlm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔlm
  • Syllabification: holm

Noun[edit]

holm m inan

  1. holmium (chemical element, Ho, atomic number 67)

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Further reading[edit]

  • holm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian холм (xolm).

Noun[edit]

holm n (plural holmuri)

  1. (Moldavia (region)) hill

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References[edit]

  • holm in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *xъlmъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xòːlm/, /xóːlm/

Noun[edit]

họ̄lm m inan

  1. hill

Inflection[edit]

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. hólm
gen. sing. hólma
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
hólm hólma hólmi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
hólma hólmov hólmov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
hólmu hólmoma hólmom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
hólm hólma hólme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
hólmu hólmih hólmih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
hólmom hólmoma hólmi

Further reading[edit]

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

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (see holme). Cognate with Old Norse holmr, Icelandic hólmur, Old Church Slavonic хлъмъ (xlŭmŭ).

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Noun[edit]

holm c

  1. islet (especially nearby river or mainland)

Declension[edit]

Declension of holm 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative holm holmen holmar holmarna
Genitive holms holmens holmars holmarnas

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