óm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔuːn]

Noun

óm

1. dative plural of ær

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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

n-s	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

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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 ó

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ó m Vocative a m a óa Genitive m ó Dative ó m

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ó na m Genitive an m na ó Dative leis an ó don ó leis na m

Derived terms

• óm-mhéadar m (“ohmmeter”)

Etymology 2

See ó mo.

Contraction

óm (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of ó mo (“from my”).

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

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
óm	n-óm	hóm	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “óm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ohm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “óm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm