óm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔuːn]

Noun

óm

1. 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)

1. (physics) ohm

Declension

Declension of óm (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
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)

1. (physics) ohm

Declension

Declension of óm (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative óm óim vocative a óim a óma genitive óim óm dative óm óim forms with the definite article 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

From Old Irish úam. By surface analysis, univerbation of ó +‎ mo.

Contraction

óm (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) contraction of ó +‎ mo, literally “from my”

   Bhí mé scartha amach óm dhaoine. ― I was cut off from my people.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

	contracted with							copular forms
base form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	before a consonant	before a vowel
									present/future	past/conditional
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

Mutated forms of óm

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
óm	n-óm	hóm	t-óm

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “óm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ohm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “óm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

óm

1. imperative of óma