orm
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
orm
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, cognate with English worm, German Wurm. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, which is also the source of Latin vermis (“worm”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orm c (singular definite ormen, plural indefinite orme or orm)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- regnorm (“earthworm”)
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish form. Cognates include Scottish Gaelic orm and Manx orrym.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈʌɾˠəmˠ/[1]
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəmˠ/;[2][3][4] (unstressed) /(ə)ɾˠmˠ/[3]
Pronoun edit
orm (emphatic ormsa)
- first-person singular of ar: on me
- Tá ocras orm.
- I’m hungry.
- (literally, “Hunger is upon me.)”)
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 83, page 45
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 299
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ormr (“snake, worm”), from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to burn”).
Noun edit
orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormer, definite plural ormene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “orm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Akin to English worm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormar, definite plural ormane)
- a snake
- Synonym: slange
- a worm (e.g. an earthworm or a tapeworm)
- (folklore) a mythical worm living in a human body parts, teeth or bones, causing various kinds of sickness
- (folklore) any mythical dragon-like creature
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “orm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish form. Cognates include Irish orm and Manx orrym.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
orm
- first-person singular of air: on me
- Tha an t-acras mòr orm. ― I am very hungry. (literally, “The hunger is great on me.”)
Inflection edit
Personal inflection of air | |||||||||
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Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
Singular | 1st | orm | ormsa | ||||||
2nd | ort | ortsa | |||||||
3rd m | air | airsan | |||||||
3rd f | oirre | oirrese | |||||||
Plural | 1st | oirnn | oirnne | ||||||
2nd | oirbh | oirbhse | |||||||
3rd | orra | orrasan |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish ormber (“snake, vermin, ringworm”), from Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, *wrmo- (“serpent, scorpion, maggot, worm”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn”). Akin to English worm, wyrm. Doublet of vurm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orm c
- (zoology) snake; a legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes
- (dialectal) an earthworm
- Synonym: mask
- (dialectal) a larva
- Synonym: larv
- (folklore) a mythical worm living in a human body parts, teeth or bones, causing various kinds of sickness
- (folklore) any mythical dragon-like creature
Declension edit
Declension of orm | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | orm | ormen | ormar | ormarna |
Genitive | orms | ormens | ormars | ormarnas |