holm
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editholm (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
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.
Noun
editholm (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.
Derived terms
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editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.
Noun
editholm c (singular definite holmen, plural indefinite holme)
- a small island
Inflection
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɔlm
Noun
editholm m (plural holmen, diminutive holmpje n)
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editholm 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.
Declension
editDescendants
editPolish
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Etymology
editLearned borrowing from New Latin holmium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editholm m inan
- holmium (chemical element, Ho, atomic number 67)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- holm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian холм (xolm).
Noun
editholm n (plural holmuri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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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 |
References
editSlovene
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *xъlmъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithọ̄lm m inan
Inflection
editMasculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (see holme). Cognate with Old Norse holmr, Icelandic hólmur, Old Church Slavonic хлъмъ (xlŭmŭ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editholm c
- islet (especially nearby river or mainland)
Declension
editDeclension of holm | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | holm | holmen | holmar | holmarna |
Genitive | holms | holmens | holmars | holmarnas |
Derived terms
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- Rhymes:English/əʊm
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔlm
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlm
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