um

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Interjection 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Faroese 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Preposition 2.3 Conjunction 3 German 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Preposition 4 Icelandic 4.1 Adverb 4.1.1 Derived terms 4.2 Preposition 4.2.1 Usage notes 4.2.2 Derived terms 5 Irish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Preposition 5.2.1 Inflection 5.2.2 Usage notes 6 Portuguese 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Etymology 6.3 Cardinal number 6.4 Article 6.4.1 See also 6.5 Noun 6.6 Pronoun 7 Scots 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Pronoun 7.2.1 See also 8 Serbo-Croatian 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌm

[edit] Interjection

um

1. Expression of confusion or space filler in conversation. See uh.

   Um, I don’t know.

   Let’s see, um, how about this.

[edit] Etymology 2

A Latin-script rendering of µm.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Pronounced as micrometer.

[edit] Noun

um (plural um)

1. A micrometer.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: mu , Mu, MU

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʊmː]

[edit] Preposition

um + accusative

1. around
2. about
3. during
4. through
5. over

[edit] Conjunction

um

1. whether, if

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

Old High German umbi.

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio (Austria)^{help, file}
• SAMPA: /um/

[edit] Preposition

um + accusative

1. around
   • Um die Ecke, around the corner
2. Used as a conjunction of purpose
   • um zu, so as to
3. At when relating to time (because the hands of a clock go around, the clock)
   • Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab, At eight o’clock we depart

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Adverb

um

1. used in set phrases

   Það er um að gera að sofa vel.

   The important thing to do it to sleep well.

   Hvað er um að vera?

   What's going on?

   Eins og um var talað.

   As was agreed.

[edit] Derived terms

• vera um og ó

[edit] Preposition

um (+ accusative)

1. about, concerning

   Um hvað ertu að tala?

   What are you talking about?

   Spurning um líf og dauða.

   A question of life and death.

2. through, around, across

   Áin rennur um dalinn.

   The river runs through the valley.

   Að fara út um gluggann.

   To go out through the window.

   Vestur um haf.

   West across the sea.

3. throughout, over, around

   Við förum um alla sveitina.

   We'll go throughout the district.

   Hann var breiður um herðar.

   He was broad across the shoulders.

   Hún hafði klút um hálsinn.

   She had a scarf around her neck.

4. during, for, in, at

   Hvenær gerðist þetta? - Þetta gerðist um sumarið.

   When did this happen? - It happened during the summer.

   Ég fór um nóttina.

   I went during the night.

5. approximately, about, around

   Pokinn er um fimm kíló.

   The bag around five kilos.

[edit] Usage notes

• Often used with phrases such as "brjóta heilann um".

  Ég er búinn að brjóta heilann um þetta alla nótt!

  I've been racking my brain about this all night!

[edit] Derived terms

• um morguninn (in the morning, in the course of the morning)
• klukkan ~ um morguninn (at ~ in the morning)
• um daginn (the other day)
• hér um bil (approximately)
• eins og um var talað
• um nóttina (during the night)
• um tíma/um stundarsakir (for a while)
• um það leyti (at about that time)
• hælast um af
• víða um land (all over the country)
• ganga um gólf (to walk up and down the floor, to pace the floor)
• vera um megn
• um það bil
• um leið (straight away)
• togast á um
• líta um öxl
• deila um keisarans skegg
• um leið og (as soon as, at the same time as)
• láta e-h um það (to leave it to s-b)
• hver um sig (each one of them, each in turn, each one on his/her own)
• um of (too much)
• vefja um fingur sér
• búa um rúmið
• láta sem vind um eyru þjóta/láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʊmˠ]

[edit] Preposition

um

1. about
2. at

[edit] Inflection

	Singular				Plural
Person	1st	2nd	3rd m.	3rd f.	1st	2nd	3rd
Normal	umam	umat	uime	uimpi	umainn	umaibh	umpu
Emphatic	umamsa	umatsa	uimesean	uimpise	umainne	umaibhse	umpusan

[edit] Usage notes

Triggers lenition of c, d, f, g, s, t.

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[edit] Portuguese

Portuguese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : um     Ordinal : primeiro
Portuguese Wikipedia article on um

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: um

[edit] Etymology

From Latin unus.

[edit] Cardinal number

um m. (feminine uma)

1. one.

   Uma xícara de café (One cup of coffee)

[edit] Article

um

1. (indefinite) a, an; some (in plural).

   Vejo um cachorro (I see a dog)

   Umas mulheres chegaram (Some women arrived)

[edit] See also

Portuguese articles (edit)
	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Definite articles (the)	o	a	os	as
Indefinite articles (a, an; some)	um	uma	uns	umas

[edit] Noun

um m. (plural ums)

1. The figure or digit "1": one.

   O um parece o sete sem gravata no pescoço (The one looks like the seven with no tie at its neck)

[edit] Pronoun

um

1. A person: one, someone; some people: some (in plural).

   Chegou-me um e disse: "Olá!" (One came to me and said: "Hello!")

2. Element(s) of a previously mentioned class: one; some (in plural).

   Comprei uns e me decepcionei (I bought some and got disappointed)

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌm/, /əm/

[edit] Pronoun

um

1. (South Scots, personal) him

[edit] See also

• hei

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *umъ

[edit] Noun

ȗm m. (Cyrillic spelling у̑м)

1. mind
2. intellect
3. wit

[edit] Declension