omar

See also: ómar and Omar

English

Etymology

From the Proterozoic Omarolluk Formation in the Hudson Bay, where they originated.

Noun

omar (plural omars)

1. A glacial erratic piece of (typically smooth) dark siliceous greywacke that exhibits a hemispherical pit or hole (as a result of selective dissolution of carbonate concretions within the greywacke), originating in the Omarolluk Formation and carried by glaciers throughout Canada and the United States.
   • 1991, Current Research, page 137:

     […] Omarolluk Formation of the Belcher Islands and mapped their distribution (mostly for those erratics showing concretions or concretion pits) in Ontario and western Canada. The omars are widespread in northern Ontario and have been [...]

   • 1997, Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Series, page 26:

     […] Omarolluk Formation , which outcrops throughout the eastern part of Hudson Bay. These "dark erratics" or "omars", have been used extensively as indicators of ice flow direction. Omars are common throughout the deposits of the [...]

   • 2000, Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, volume 54, page 268:

     [...] Omarolluk Formation serves to distinguish omars from wacke clasts derived [...] an omar dispersal "limit" in Northern Ontario is difficult to reconcile [...]

   • 2005, Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, volume 68, page 24:

     [...] an omar, a distinctive kind of graywacke - dark gray, fine-grained sandstone with concretions of calcium carbonate. Omars range in dimension from the size of your fist to the size of your skull. Only one source is known : the Omarolluk [...]

   • 2017, John Menzies, Jaap van der Meer, Past Glacial Environments, page 700:

     Omarolluk Formation clasts ('omars') from the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay, Canada (Prest, 1990).

Irish

Noun

omar m (genitive singular omair, nominative plural omair)

1. alternative form of umar (“trough; font; vat; tank; sink, sump”)

Declension

Declension of omar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative omar omair vocative a omair a omara genitive omair omar dative omar omair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-omar na homair genitive an omair na n-omar dative leis an omar don omar leis na homair

Mutation

Mutated forms of omar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
omar	n-omar	homar	t-omar

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), “omar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French homard.

Noun

omar

1. lobster

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

omar m

1. indefinite plural of om

Verb

omar

1. present of oma

Anagrams

• Omar, Roma, amor, maro, mora, orma, roma

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French homard.

Noun

omar

1. lobster

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN