gom
See also: gôm, gồm, and göm
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Irish gám.
Alternative forms
- gawm
Noun
gom (plural goms)
- (Ireland) A foolish person.
- 1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack (Dublin : M.H. Gill) p.139:
- “ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”
- 1926, Seán O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars, Act II, 173:
- Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.
- 2007, John Maher, The Luck Penny, page 145:
- And that's the why I made up my mind to go out to Willie Hill's. To stand my ground in front of that little minx. Because I felt, to tell the God's truth, that little Lorna Lovegrove, out in Willie Hill's, was making a right gom out of me.
- 2013, Outrageous Pride, →ISBN:
- He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed […]
- 2014, Martha Long, Ma, I'm Gettin Meself a New Mammy, →ISBN:
- "Yeah! She's a right gom! Sister Eleanor probably got her an old-age pensioner to keep her company for the Christmas!"
- 1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack (Dublin : M.H. Gill) p.139:
Etymology 2
Variant of gum.
Noun
gom (plural goms)
- (Appalachia) Alternative form of gum
- 1911, Why moles have hands, in The Wit and Humor of America, edited by Marshall Pinckney Wilder, page 206:
- ev'y toof in his jaws gwine come bustin' thu his goms widout nair' a ache er a pain ter let him know dey's dar.
- 1911, Why moles have hands, in The Wit and Humor of America, edited by Marshall Pinckney Wilder, page 206:
Etymology 3
Minced oath.
Interjection
gom
- (obsolete, euphemistic) God!
- 1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373:
- There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,
- 1829, The Humours of Vauxhall, in The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth, volume 2, page 164:
- O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!
- 1861, The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volumes 9-10, page 36:
- "l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom, sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."
- 1908, Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kynnersley, H. M. I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H. M. Inspectors of Schools, page 224:
- Robert took courage : "Eh, by gom, no. It wasn't hereabouts."
- 1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373:
Anagrams
- GMO, O. M. G., O.M.G., OMG, mog, omg
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gom, from Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /χɔm/
Noun
gom (uncountable)
- Gum, a viscous or sticky substance exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *culumus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɡom/
Noun
gom
- Only used in de gom a gom
Further reading
- “gom” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “gom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “gom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- gum
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣɔm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gom
- Rhymes: -ɔm
Noun
gom m (plural gommen, diminutive gommetje n)
- gum, various viscous or sticky substances exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.
- an object made from gum
- (now Belgium) Alternative form of gum (“eraser”)
Derived terms
- gomachtig
- gombal
- gomboom
- gomelastiek
- gomhars
- gomlak
- kauwgom
- uitgommen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gom
- → Indonesian: gom
- → Japanese: ゴム
- → Papiamentu: gòm, gom
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gom
- first-person singular present indicative of gommen
- imperative of gommen
Middle English
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gome (“man”)
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gome (“regard”)
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gumme
Rohingya
Verb
gom
- good
Swedish
Noun
gom c
- a palate (roof of the mouth)
Declension
| Declension of gom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gom | gommen | gommar | gommarna |
| Genitive | goms | gommens | gommars | gommarnas |
Derived terms
- gomsegel (“soft palate”)
- gomspalt (“cleft palate”)
- gomspene (“uvula”)
- hård gom (“hard palate”)
- läckergom (“gourmet”)
- mjuk gom (“soft palate”)
References
- gom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kom ~ *koom (“to grow, to increase”); cognate with Bahnar akŏm/akŭm (“to meet together, to gather things”), Mon ကောံ (kɒm, “to assemble, come together”) and Khmer ចង្កោម (cɑngkaom, “bunch”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣɔm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣɔm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɣɔm˧˧]
Verb
gom • (搛)
- to gather together
Derived terms
Derived terms
- gom góp
- thu gom
Noun
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Yola
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish gám.
Noun
gom
- fool, idiot.
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 42