orm

See also: ORM and O/RM

Translingual

Symbol

orm

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Oromo.

Danish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /oːˀrm/, [ˈoɐ̯ˀm]

Noun

orm c (singular definite ormen, plural indefinite orme or orm)

1. worm
2. grub
3. maggot

Declension

Declension of orm

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orm	ormen	orme orm	ormene
genitive	orms	ormens	ormes orms	ormenes

Derived terms

• regnorm (“earthworm”)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəmˠ/, (unstressed) /əɾˠmˠ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠəmˠ/

Pronoun

orm (emphatic ormsa)

1. first-person singular of ar: on me

   Tá ocras orm.

   I’m hungry.

   (literally, “Hunger is upon me.)”)

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
• Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 299.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 45

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr (“snake, worm”), from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to burn”).

Noun

orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormer, definite plural ormene)

1. a snake
2. a worm

Synonyms

• slange (snake)

Derived terms

• hoggorm
• hudorm
• rundorm
• sjøorm

References

• “orm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Akin to English worm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrm/

Noun

orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormar, definite plural ormane)

1. a snake
2. a worm

Synonyms

• slange (snake)

Derived terms

• hoggorm
• hudorm
• rundorm
• sjøorm

References

• “orm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish form. Cognates include Irish orm and Manx orrym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾɔm/
• (Lewis, Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾam/

Pronoun

orm

1. 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

Personal inflection of air
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

Etymology

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

• audio

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʊrm/

Noun

orm c

1. (zoology) snake; a legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes

Declension

Declension of orm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	orm	ormen	ormar	ormarna
Genitive	orms	ormens	ormars	ormarnas

Derived terms

• huggorm
• ormbett
• ormbunke
• ormgift
• ormskinn
• ormslå
• ormsten
• ormtjusare
• ormödla
• ringorm
• skallerorm

 

See also

• mask (“worm”)
• larv (“larva”)

Further reading

• orm in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• Rom, mor, rom