karm

See also: Karm

Estonian

Etymology

A native word, ultimately from Proto-Uralic. Cognate to Finnish karmea (“scary, bitter”) and Northern Sami guormes (“thick (flour), rough (skin)”).

Adjective

karm (genitive karmi, partitive karmi, comparative karmim, superlative kõige karmim)

1. harsh, severe, cruel

Noun

karm (genitive karmu, partitive karmu)

1. smoke, fumes

Further reading

• karm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

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Icelandic

Noun

karm

1. indefinite accusative singular of karmur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse karmr.

Noun

karm m (definite singular karmen, indefinite plural karmer, definite plural karmene)

1. a frame (for a door or window)

Derived terms

• dørkarm
• vinduskarm

References

• “karm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse karmr.

Noun

karm m (definite singular karmen, indefinite plural karmar, definite plural karmane)

1. a frame (for a door or window)

Derived terms

• dørkarm
• vindaugskarm

References

• “karm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karm/
• Rhymes: -arm
• Syllabification: karm

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrmъ.

Noun

karm m inan

1. food, fodder

   Synonyms: karma, pokarm, wikt

Declension

Declension of karm

	singular	plural
nominative	karm	karmy
genitive	karmu	karmów
dative	karmowi	karmom
accusative	karm	karmy
instrumental	karmem	karmami
locative	karmie	karmach
vocative	karmie	karmy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

karm

1. second-person singular imperative of karmić

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

karm f

1. genitive plural of karma

Further reading

• karm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• karm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse karmr.

Noun

karm c

1. a frame (for a door or window)

Declension

Declension of karm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	karm	karmen	karmar	karmarna
Genitive	karms	karmens	karmars	karmarnas

Derived terms

• fönsterkarm

References

• karm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kram, mark

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , related to Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brush-wood, thicket”), from the same Indo-European root as Ancient Greek γέρρον (gérrhon, “anything made of wicker-work”).

Noun

1. backrest (of chairs, sofas, sleds etc.)