karm

See also: Karm

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Of Finno-Lappic origin. 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, tough, cold

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Icelandic

Noun

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/

Noun

karm m inan

1. food, fodder

   Synonym: pokarm

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

Verb

karm

1. second-person singular imperative of karmić

Noun

karm f

1. genitive plural of karma

Further reading

• Template:R: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.)