om
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or Sanskrit औं or ॐ (auṃ). The former is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter is exclusively Hindu.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒm/, /əʊm/
- Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun
om (plural oms)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 800:
- In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.
- 2001, Hazel Curry, The Guardian, 20 Oct 2001:
- Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 800:
Derived terms
Translations
Aromanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [om]
Catalan
Chickasaw
Chuukese
Related terms
Small objects, concepts | Large objects, living things | Suffix | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First person | ai | nei | -ei |
Second person | omw, om | noum | -om | |
Third person | an | noun | -an | |
Plural | First person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) | nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) | -em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
Second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi | |
Third person | ar | nour | -er |
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.
Adverb
om
- such that something changes orientation or has its orientation changed
- such that something moves or is moved to the far side of something
- 2015, Karsten H Petersen, To mus på tur: en julekalender og en påskekalender, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN
- De skal om på den mørke side af kirken.
- They are going to the dark side of the church.
- De skal om på den mørke side af kirken.
- 2015, Karsten H Petersen, To mus på tur: en julekalender og en påskekalender, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN
- such that something is surrounded
- 2016, Ole Henrik Laub, Hovedrollen, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
- Vred kluden op, vaskede fingeren, viklede papir om og begyndte igen at skrælle kartofler.
- Wringed the rag, washed the finger, wrapped paper around [it] and resumed peeling potatoes.
- Vred kluden op, vaskede fingeren, viklede papir om og begyndte igen at skrælle kartofler.
- 2016, Ole Henrik Laub, Hovedrollen, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
- in changing, goalless directions
- 2017, Hjalmar Söderberg (Translated by Jørgen Årup Hansen), Doktor Glas, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 28
- ... hvor længe skal jeg flakke om i denne gådernes og drømmenes og de uransagelige fænomeners verden?
- ... for how long must I wander about in this world of the riddles, the dreams and the inscrutable phenomena?
- ... hvor længe skal jeg flakke om i denne gådernes og drømmenes og de uransagelige fænomeners verden?
- 2017, Hjalmar Söderberg (Translated by Jørgen Årup Hansen), Doktor Glas, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 28
- again, returning to the beginning (whence ommer, om igen, tro om igen)
- 2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Måske, Tellerup A/S →ISBN
- „Nej. Hvis du tror jeg vil se passivt til, mens du ødelægger din mands og dit eget liv med dette martyrium, så må du tro om ...“
- "No. If you think I intend to look on passively while you destroy your husband's and your own life with this martyrium, you will have to think again ..."
- „Nej. Hvis du tror jeg vil se passivt til, mens du ødelægger din mands og dit eget liv med dette martyrium, så må du tro om ...“
- 2016, Terje Nordberg, Det må godt føles rart, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
- Jo, jeg har da haft mine nu'er, men hvis jeg skulle gøre det hele om, ville jeg sørge for at have mange flere af dem.
- Sure, I have had my nows, but if I had to do it all again, I would make sure to have many more of them.
- Jo, jeg har da haft mine nu'er, men hvis jeg skulle gøre det hele om, ville jeg sørge for at have mange flere af dem.
- 2017, Morten Sabroe, Love Me Do, Politikens Forlag →ISBN
- Han skrev den om tre gange.
- He rewrote it three times.
- Han skrev den om tre gange.
- 2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Måske, Tellerup A/S →ISBN
- such that something is changed (whence lave om
- 2017, Sacha Batthyany (Translated by Uffe Gardel), Og hvad har det med mig at gøre, Art People →ISBN
- Men verdenskrisen i 1929 lukkede fabrikken, og indenrigsministeriet overtog den og byggede den om til et fængsel.
- But the world crisis in 1929 closed down the factory, and the ministry of internal affairs took it and rebuilt it into a prison.
- Men verdenskrisen i 1929 lukkede fabrikken, og indenrigsministeriet overtog den og byggede den om til et fængsel.
- 2017, Sacha Batthyany (Translated by Uffe Gardel), Og hvad har det med mig at gøre, Art People →ISBN
- going forwards in a book or similar, reaching some page
- 2014, Lene Dybdahl, Nøglens Vogtere #2: Visigotens Hjelm, Tellerup A/S →ISBN
- Consuela bladrede langsomt om på indholdsfortegnelsen.
- Slowly, Consuela turned the pages till she reached the table of contents.
- Consuela bladrede langsomt om på indholdsfortegnelsen.
- 2014, Lene Dybdahl, Nøglens Vogtere #2: Visigotens Hjelm, Tellerup A/S →ISBN
- such that something rotates or revolves (either of its own accord or by external influence)
- Ligesom solen drejer om jorden, således drejer universet om dig.
- Just as the sun revolves about the earth, so does the universe revolve about you.
- Ligesom solen drejer om jorden, således drejer universet om dig.
Conjunction
om
- whether
- Jeg skulle spørge om du havde fem minutter?
- I have been asked to ask [you] if you have five minutes?
- if
- Fjern om nødvendigt jorden.
- If necessary, remove the dirt.
- Om du bare ville lytte, skal jeg forklare alt.
- If only you would listen, I shall explain everything.
- if (conceding)
- Hun var om ikke død, så i hvert fald stærkt såret.
- She was, if not dead, then at least seriously wounded.
- even if
- 2013, Gyldendal, Breve hjem: Danske soldater i Første Verdenskrig, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
- ... men du, jeg vil have den; før holder jeg ikke op, om så jeg skal med i en krig til.
- ... but hey, I want [a medal]; I shall not stop before [getting it], even if I shall have to go to another war.
- ... men du, jeg vil have den; før holder jeg ikke op, om så jeg skal med i en krig til.
- 2013, Gyldendal, Breve hjem: Danske soldater i Første Verdenskrig, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
- introduces a desire
Synonyms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ombe, omme, from Old Dutch umbi, umbe, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm/
Audio (file)
Inflection
Adverb
om
Conjunction
om
Friulian
Alternative forms
Indonesian
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /om/
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm/
Preposition
om
- around
- Bind et rep om halsen hans! (Tie a rope around his neck!)
- (when speaking of time) in (after a period of time)
- Jeg kommer om ti minutter. (I shall be there in ten minutes)
- about
- Vi snakket nettopp om deg. (We were just talking about you)
- during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
- om våren
- during the spring, in the springtime
- om kvelden
- in the evening
- om våren
Derived terms
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊm/ (example of pronunciation)
Preposition
om
- around
- Bind eit reip om halsen på han!
- Tie a rope around his neck!
- Bind eit reip om halsen på han!
- in (when speaking of time) (after a period of time)
- Eg kjem om ti minutt.
- I shall be there in ten minutes
- Eg kjem om ti minutt.
- in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
- om våren
- in the spring, in the springtime
- om kvelden
- in the evening
- om våren
- about
- Me snakka nettopp om deg.
- We were just talking about you
- Me snakka nettopp om deg.
- via
- Me køyrde til Bergen om Hardanger
- We drove to Bergen via Hardanger
- Me køyrde til Bergen om Hardanger
See also
Old Occitan
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm/
Audio (file)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [om]
Etymology 1
From Latin homō, from earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). Compare Aromanian om, Catalan home, French homme, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.
Declension
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Auxiliary verb form
Verb
(noi) om (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
Further reading
- om in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm/
audio (file)
Preposition
om
- about
- en bok om tåg
- a book about trains
- Vad pratar de om?
- What are they talking about?
- en bok om tåg
- in, within (when talking about time)
- om tio minuter
- in ten minutes
- om tio minuter
- around
- Han har ett rep om sin hals
- He's got a rope around his neck
- De flyttade om möblerna
- They moved the furniture around
- Kocken rörde om i grytan
- The chef stirred (moved around) the pan
- Han har ett rep om sin hals
- during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
- om våren
- during the spring, in the springtime
- om kvällarna
- in the evenings
- om våren
- a (only when speaking about frequencies)
- Han röker fem cigaretter om dagen
- He smokes five cigarettes a day
- De reser till Finland två gånger om året
- They go to Finland twice a year
- Han röker fem cigaretter om dagen
- of
- till vänster om kylskåpet
- to the left of the refrigerator
- norr om staden
- north of the city
- Ta hand om det!
- Take care of it!
- till vänster om kylskåpet
Derived terms
- året om
- även om
- bry sig om
- tycka om
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
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Volapük
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian umbe, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.
Further reading
- “om (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Further reading
- “om (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011