salm

See also: Salm and sal'm

English

Noun

salm (plural salms)

1. Obsolete form of psalm.

References

• “salm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• AMLs, masl, Alms, M.L.A.s, ALMS, alms, MSAL, SLAM, SAML, AMSL, MLAs, MASL, amsl, ALMs, mals, lams, slam, LAMs, Lams

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [salm]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [sɒlm]

Noun

salm m

1. A psalm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish salm, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɑl̪ˠəmˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠal̪ˠəmˠ/

Noun

salm m (genitive singular sailm, nominative plural sailm)

1. psalm

Declension

Declension of salm (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative salm sailm vocative a shailm a shalma genitive sailm salm dative salm sailm forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an salm na sailm genitive an tsailm na salm dative leis an salm don salm leis na sailm

Mutation

Mutated forms of salm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
salm	shalm after an, tsalm	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “salm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “salm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “salm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “salm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Middle English

Alternative forms

• psalm, psalme, psame, salme, saulm, saume, spalme
• sallme, sealm, selm (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English psealm, from Late Latin psalmus. Some forms are influenced by Old French salme, saume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salm/, (after French) /ˈsalm(ə)/, /ˈsau̯m(ə)/

Noun

salm (plural salmes)

1. A psalm (hymn in the Book of Psalms)

   Hypernym: ymne

2. (by extension) A Christian hymn or creed.

Descendants

• English: psalm
• Scots: saum, sawm
• → Middle Welsh: salm
  • Welsh: salm

References

• “Psalm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salm/

Noun

salm m

1. psalm

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal̪ˠam/

Noun

salm f (genitive singular sailm, plural sailm)

1. psalm

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [salm]

Noun

salm (nominative plural salms)

1. (male or female) salmon (fish)

Declension

Declension of salm

	singular	plural
nominative	salm	salms
genitive	salma	salmas
dative	salme	salmes
accusative	salmi	salmis
vocative 1	o salm!	o salms!
predicative 2	salmu	salmus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Terms derived from salm "salmon"

• redasalm
• redasalmik
• salm di 'Donau' (salm di 'Donau')
• salmakuvot
• salmaköl
• salmakölik
• salmatrüid
• salmibrid
• salmibridam
• salmibridan
• salmibridik
• salmifan
• salmifanan
• salmihibridan
• salmihifanan
• salmihipäskaran
• salmijibridan
• salmijifanan
• salmijipäskaran
• salmik
• salmil
• salmipäskar
• salmipäskaran

See also

See also

• bläniut
• böd
• bödav
• ciel
• fint
• flegülahukopäskaröm
• gümnot
• hukopäskar
• hukopäskaran
• karip
• karipalulak
• karipül
• karipülem
• lif
• lifav
• mafib
• mafibav
• müxen (Myxine glutinosa)
• paik
• päskar
• päskaradel
• päskaran
• päskarön
• rayad
• räptul
• räptulav
• salmik
• salmipäskar
• salmipäskaran
• stiragöb
• süganim
• süganimav
• süganimavan
• tegül
• torpeod
• toün
• trüit
• ziporüt

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh salm, from Middle English salm, from Latin psalmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salm/
• Rhymes: -alm

Noun

salm f (plural salmau, not mutable)

1. psalm

Derived terms

• Salmau (“Book of Psalms”)
• salmydd (“psalmist”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “salm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

salm c (plural salmen, diminutive salmke)

1. salmon

Further reading

• “salm”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011