om
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From Sanskrit ॐ.
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- IPA: /ɒm/, /əʊm/
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om (plural oms)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
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[edit] Aromanian
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- IPA: [om]
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om (plural oaminj)
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om m. (plural oms)
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om
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om
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om
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om
- in (after a period of time)
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om m. (oblique plural oms, nominative singular oms, nominative plural om)
- Alternative spelling of hom.
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- IPA: [om]
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Latin homo.
Compare Catalan home, Esperanto homo, French homme, Interlingua homine, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.
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- man, e.g. male
- (regardless of gender) human being
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Auxiliary verb form
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(noi) om (modal auxiliary; first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
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om
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om
- about
- en bok om tåg = a book about trains
- in (when talking about time)
- om tio minuter = in ten minutes
- around
- Han har ett rep om sin hals = He's got a rope around his neck
- De flyttade om möblerna = They moved the furniture around
- Kocken rörde om i grytan = The chef stirred (moved around) the pan
- during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
- om våren = during the spring, in the springtime
- om kvällarna = in the evenings
- of
- till vänster om kylskåpet = to the left of the refrigerator
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om
- specifies that the verb is done again, corresponds to English "re-" or "again".
- Hon målade om huset. = She repainted the house.
- Sara blev tvungen att göra om läxorna. = Sara had to redo her homework.