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Lom
Lom
English
Proper noun
Lom
- A nomadic people related to the Rom and Dom, with origins in India, who reside in Transcaucasia; Caucasian Gypsies.
Synonyms
- Bosha (sometimes offensive)
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Etymology 2
From Bulgarian Лом (Lom).
Proper noun
Lom
- A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
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Anagrams
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Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlom]
- Hyphenation: lom
Noun
lom (plural lomok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lom | lomok |
| accusative | lomot | lomokat |
| dative | lomnak | lomoknak |
| instrumental | lommal | lomokkal |
| causal-final | lomért | lomokért |
| translative | lommá | lomokká |
| terminative | lomig | lomokig |
| essive-formal | lomként | lomokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | lomban | lomokban |
| superessive | lomon | lomokon |
| adessive | lomnál | lomoknál |
| illative | lomba | lomokba |
| sublative | lomra | lomokra |
| allative | lomhoz | lomokhoz |
| elative | lomból | lomokból |
| delative | lomról | lomokról |
| ablative | lomtól | lomoktól |
| Possessive forms of lom | ||
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | lomom | lomjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | lomod | lomjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | lomja | lomjai |
| 1st person plural | lomunk | lomjaink |
| 2nd person plural | lomotok | lomjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | lomjuk | lomjaik |
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lomm (“bare, naked; smooth; exact”).
Noun
lom m (genitive singular loim)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ar lom (“bare, without trimmings”)
- cuireata ar lom (“lone knave”)
- de lom (“on purpose”)
Adjective
lom (genitive singular masculine loim, genitive singular feminine loime, plural loma, comparative loime)
- bare
- (of country) bare, bleak
- (of house) unfurnished, unstocked, unadorned
- (of clothing) threadbare
- (of sheep) shorn, (of oats) husked, clean
- (of blade) bare, unsheathed; (of tongue) sharp; (of judge) strict
- thin
- close
- used intensively with other adjective or with adverb
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | lom | lom¹ | loma³ | |
| Vocative | loim¹ | lom¹ | loma | |
| Genitive | loim¹ | loime | loma | lom |
| Dative | lom² | lom¹; (archaic) loim¹ |
loma³ | |
| Comparative | loime | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Obsolete spellings
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | lom | lom¹ | loma³ | |
| Vocative | luim¹ | lom¹ | loma | |
| Genitive | luim¹ | luime | loma | lom |
| Dative | lom² | lom¹; (archaic) luim¹ |
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| Comparative | luime | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Verb
lom (present analytic lomann, future analytic lomfaidh, verbal noun lomadh, past participle lomtha)
- (transitive) lay bare; strip, denude; mow; (of a sheep) shear; flatten
- (intransitive) become bare
- (transitive) haul in (a sail, a sheet); close in on, attack (someone)
Conjugation
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | lomaim | lomann tú; lomair† |
lomann sé, sí | lomaimid | lomann sibh | lomann siad; lomaid† |
a lomann; a lomas / a lomann*; a lomas* |
lomtar |
| past | lom mé; lomas | lom tú; lomais | lom sé, sí | lomamar; lom muid | lom sibh; lomabhair | lom siad; lomadar | a lom / ar lom* |
lomadh | |
| past habitual | lomainn | lomtá | lomadh sé, sí | lomaimis; lomadh muid | lomadh sibh | lomaidís; lomadh siad | a lomadh / ar lomadh* |
lomtaí | |
| future | lomfaidh mé; lomfad |
lomfaidh tú; lomfair† |
lomfaidh sé, sí | lomfaimid; lomfaidh muid |
lomfaidh sibh | lomfaidh siad; lomfaid† |
a lomfaidh; a lomfas / a lomfaidh*; a lomfas* |
lomfar | |
| conditional | lomfainn | lomfá | lomfadh sé, sí | lomfaimis; lomfadh muid | lomfadh sibh | lomfaidís; lomfadh siad | a lomfadh / ar lomfadh* |
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| subjunctive | present | go loma mé; go lomad† |
go loma tú; go lomair† |
go loma sé, sí | go lomaimid; go loma muid |
go loma sibh | go loma siad; go lomaid† |
— | go lomtar |
| past | dá lomainn | dá lomtá | dá lomadh sé, sí | dá lomaimis; dá lomadh muid |
dá lomadh sibh | dá lomaidís; dá lomadh siad |
— | dá lomtaí | |
| imperative | lomaim | lom | lomadh sé, sí | lomaimis | lomaigí; lomaidh† |
lomaidís | — | lomtar | |
| verbal noun | lomadh | ||||||||
| past participle | lomtha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Synonyms
- (to strip, strip off): nocht
- (to strip off): rúisc, scamh, scoith
References
- "lom" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “lomm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse lómr
Noun
lom m (definite singular lommen, indefinite plural lommer, definite plural lommene)
- a diver or loon (waterbird of order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae)
Derived terms
References
- “lom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse lómr
Noun
lom m (definite singular lomen or lommen, indefinite plural lomar or lommar, definite plural lomane or lommane)
- a diver or loon (waterbird of order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae)
Derived terms
References
- “lom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Surmiran) lomm
Etymology
From Latin pulmō, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-.
Noun
lom f (plural loms)
Synonyms
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Adjective
lom (comparative luime)
Synonyms
- (nude): lomnochd, rùisgte
- (bare): rùisgte
- (leafless): gun duille, gun duilleag
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “lomm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lomъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lôːm/
Noun
lȏm m (Cyrillic spelling ло̑м)
- fracture
- breach, breakage
- rumpus, ruckus, uproar
- refraction, diffraction (of light)
Declension
References
- “lom” in Hrvatski jezični portal
