óm

Faroese

óm

Borrowed from Danish ohm, from the surname of German physicist Georg Ohm.

óm n (genitive singular óms, nominative plural óm)

From the surname of German physicist Georg Ohm.

óm m (genitive singular óim, nominative plural óim)

Declension of óm (first declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an t-óm	na hóim
genitive	an óim	na n-óm
dative	leis an óm don óm	leis na hóim

See ó mo.

óm (triggers lenition)

(Munster) Contraction of ó mo (“from my”).
Bhí mé scartha amach óm dhaoine. ― I was cut off from my people.

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded, det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod, dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id, it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led, let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód, ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

Mutated forms of óm
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
óm	n-óm	hóm	t-óm

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

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