karm
Estonian
Etymology
A native word, ultimately from Proto-Uralic. Cognate to Finnish karmea (“scary, bitter”) and Northern Sami guormes (“thick (flour), rough (skin)”).
Adjective
karm (genitive karmi, partitive karmi, comparative karmim, superlative kõige karmim)
- harsh, severe, cruel
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | karm | karmid |
| genitive | karmi | karmide |
| partitive | karmi | karme / karmisid |
| illative | karmi / karmisse | karmidesse / karmesse |
| inessive | karmis | karmides / karmes |
| elative | karmist | karmidest / karmest |
| allative | karmile | karmidele / karmele |
| adessive | karmil | karmidel / karmel |
| ablative | karmilt | karmidelt / karmelt |
| translative | karmiks | karmideks / karmeks |
| terminative | karmini | karmideni |
| essive | karmina | karmidena |
| abessive | karmita | karmideta |
| comitative | karmiga | karmidega |
Noun
karm (genitive karmu, partitive karmu)
- smoke, fumes
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | karm | karmud |
| genitive | karmu | karmude |
| partitive | karmu | karme / karmusid |
| illative | karmu / karmusse | karmudesse / karmesse |
| inessive | karmus | karmudes / karmes |
| elative | karmust | karmudest / karmest |
| allative | karmule | karmudele / karmele |
| adessive | karmul | karmudel / karmel |
| ablative | karmult | karmudelt / karmelt |
| translative | karmuks | karmudeks / karmeks |
| terminative | karmuni | karmudeni |
| essive | karmuna | karmudena |
| abessive | karmuta | karmudeta |
| comitative | karmuga | karmudega |
Further reading
- karm in Sõnaveeb
Icelandic
Noun
karm
- indefinite accusative singular of karmur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse karmr.
Noun
karm m (definite singular karmen, indefinite plural karmer, definite plural karmene)
- a frame (for a door or window)
Derived terms
- dørkarm
- vinduskarm
References
- “karm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse karmr.
Noun
karm m (definite singular karmen, indefinite plural karmar, definite plural karmane)
- a frame (for a door or window)
Derived terms
- dørkarm
- vindaugskarm
References
- “karm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /karm/
- Rhymes: -arm
- Syllabification: karm
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrmъ.
Noun
karm m inan
- food, fodder
- Synonyms: karma, pokarm, wikt
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | karm | karmy |
| genitive | karmu | karmów |
| dative | karmowi | karmom |
| accusative | karm | karmy |
| instrumental | karmem | karmami |
| locative | karmie | karmach |
| vocative | karmie | karmy |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
karm
- second-person singular imperative of karmić
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
karm f
- genitive plural of karma
Further reading
- karm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- karm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse karmr, which is related to krókr (“hook”).
Noun
karm c
- a frame (for a door or window)
Declension
| Declension of karm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | karm | karmen | karmar | karmarna |
| Genitive | karms | karmens | karmars | karmarnas |
Derived terms
- fönsterkarm
References
- karm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
- kram, mark
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse karmr (“breast-work, parapet”), related to Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brush-wood, thicket”), from the same Indo-European root as Ancient Greek γέρρον (gérrhon, “anything made of wicker-work”).
Noun
karm m
- backrest (of chairs, sofas, sleds etc.)
Synonyms
- bakvāl