holm
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.
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Noun edit
holm (plural holms)
- Small island, islet.
- An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
- (dialect, chiefly West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names.
- Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.
Noun edit
holm (plural holms)
- (obsolete outside dialects) The holly.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 5:
- The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple, ſeeldom inward ſound.
- A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.
Noun edit
holm c (singular definite holmen, plural indefinite holme)
- a small island
Inflection edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch holm, from Old Dutch holm, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“small island, hill, mound”), from Pre-Germanic *kl̥Hmos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“hill”). Doublet of kolom and column.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔlm
Noun edit
holm m (plural holmen, diminutive holmpje n)
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), though the meaning was influenced by Old Norse holmr.
Cognate with Old Saxon holm (German Holm), Old Dutch holm (Dutch holm); also Latin culmen (“peak”); compare culminate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
holm m (nominative plural holmas)
- (poetic) ocean, sea, waters
- Ða wæs heofonweardes gast ofer holm boren.
- The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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Polish edit
| Chemical element | |
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| Ho | |
| Previous: dysproz (Dy) | |
| Next: erb (Er) | |
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin holmium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
holm m inan
- holmium (chemical element, Ho, atomic number 67)
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Further reading edit
- holm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian холм (xolm).
Noun edit
holm n (plural holmuri)
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) holm | holmul | (niște) holmuri | holmurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) holm | holmului | (unor) holmuri | holmurilor |
| vocative | holmule | holmurilor | ||
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Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *xъlmъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
họ̄lm m inan
Inflection edit
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| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | hólm | ||
| gen. sing. | hólma | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
hólm | hólma | hólmi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
hólma | hólmov | hólmov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
hólmu | hólmoma | hólmom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
hólm | hólma | hólme |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
hólmu | hólmih | hólmih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
hólmom | hólmoma | hólmi |
Further reading edit
- “holm”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (see holme). Cognate with Old Norse holmr, Icelandic hólmur, Old Church Slavonic хлъмъ (xlŭmŭ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
holm c
- islet (especially nearby river or mainland)
Declension edit
| Declension of holm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | holm | holmen | holmar | holmarna |
| Genitive | holms | holmens | holmars | holmarnas |