옴

Korean

오옥옦옧온옩옪 옫올옭옮옯옰옱 옲옳옴옵옶옷옸 옹옺옻옼옽옾옿
예 ←	→ 와

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin. Probably cognate with 움 (um) "bud"

Noun

옴 • (om)

1. scab, scabies, (mammal) mange.

   옴 덕에 보지 긁는다. 사타구니 긁다 보지 긁는다.

   om deoge boji geungneunda. sataguni geukda boji geungneunda.

   Scabies justify her to scratch her pubes. She scratches her pubes as well as itchy thigh.

2. small bulges or goose pimples on the areola around the nipple.
3. (short for 옴쌀) the grains that remain unmashed in the Korean glutinous rice dough, 찰떡 or 인절미.

Synonyms

• (scabies): 가려움증 (garyeoumjeung), 가려움증 (garyeoumjeung), 개선 (疥癬, gaeseon), 개창 (疥瘡, gaechang), 사개 (沙疥, sagae), 충개 (蟲疥, chunggae)
• (goose pimples): 닭살 (daksal), 소름 (soreum)

See also

• 버짐 (beojim): ringworm
  • 백선 (白癬, baekseon)
  • 생선 (生癬, saengseon)
  • 윤선 (輪, yunseon)
  • 선창 (癬瘡, seonchang)
• 가렵다 (garyeopda): to be itchy
• 긁다 (geukda): to scratch, scrape, gripe, carp, rake

Etymology 2

Euro-Korean

Noun

옴 • (om)

1. ohm

Alternative forms

• 오옴 (oom)

Proper noun

옴 • (Om)

1. Ohm, the German physicist Georg Simon Ohm (1789~1854) who discovered the Ohm's Law in 1826.

Alternative forms

• 오옴 (oom)

Etymology 3

Verb form.

Noun

옴 • (om)

1. Substantive form of 오다 (oda, “to go”), thus often "the act of going."