om

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Translingual

Symbol

om

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

English

Alternative forms

aum

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओम् (om) (symbol ॐ (oṃ)). The former (om) is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter (aum) is usually used only in Jain and Hindu settings.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒm/, /əʊm/
(General American) IPA^(key): /oʊm/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊm, -ɒm

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.

Derived terms

om mani padme hum
Om Namah Shivaya

Translations

sacred syllable

Assamese: ওঁ (ü̃)
Bengali: ওঁ (bn) (õ)
Burmese: ဥုံ (my)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 唵 (zh) (ǎn)
Gujarati: ૐ (oṃ)
Hindi: ॐ (hi) (om), ओम (om)
Ho: 𑣿
Indonesian: aum (id)
Kannada: ಓಂ (ōṃ)
Korean: 옴(唵) (om)
Malay: ong (ms)
Malayalam: ഓം (ml) (ōṃ)
Sanskrit: ॐ (sa) (oṃ)
Tamil: ஓம் (ta) (ōm)
Tangut: 𗙫 (/*ꞏa/)
Telugu: ఓం (te) (ōṁ)
Thai: โอม (th) (oom)
Tibetan: ཨོཾ (oṃ)
Urdu: اوم‎ m (om)
Vietnamese: úm (唵)

Verb

om (third-person singular simple present oms, present participle omming, simple past and past participle ommed)

(intransitive) To chant the sacred syllable om.
- 1996, Nora Sayre, Sixties Going on Seventies (page 14)
  Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.
- 2015, Hilary H. Carter, Number Woman:
  I had to go into church to clear it by chanting the sacred mantra 'Om'. I was omming, loudly and intensely so that the vibration of that sacred mantra would fill every corner.

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Interjection

om

(colloquial) Clipping of nom.

Usage notes

Usually seen in the phrase om nom nom.

Anagrams

-mo, MO, Mo, Mo., m.o., m/o, mo, mo'

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [om]

Noun

om m (plural oaminj)

man, person

Derived terms

niom
omã, oamã
uminilji
uminiri
uminescu

Catalan

Alternative forms

orm (Valencian)
olm

Etymology

From older olm, from Latin ulmus (compare French orme, Spanish olmo). Attested in Catalan from 1150.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈom/
Audio (file)

Noun

om m (plural oms)

elm (tree)
elm (wood)

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /om/

Contraction

om

(most dialects) Contraction of op/of däm (“on the”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔm/

Contraction

om

(parts of Eifel) Contraction of on däm (“in the”).

Alternative forms

öm (some other Eifel dialects)
em (most dialects)

Chickasaw

Adjective

om

on

Chuukese

Determiner

om

Alternative spelling of omw (“your”)

Related terms

Chuukese possessive determiners

		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 1

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Cognate with German um (“about”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʌmˀ, ʌm]
Rhymes: -ɒm

Preposition

om

about
Han viklede dem om sin lillefinger.
He wrapped them around his pinky finger.

References

“om,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

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.
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.
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?
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 ..."
- 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.
- 2017, Morten Sabroe, Love Me Do, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
  Han skrev den om tre gange.
  He rewrote it three times.
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.
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.
such that something rotates or revolves (either of its own accord or by external influence)
Hun vendte sig om og så på ham.
She turned and looked at him.

References

“om,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Danish ef, em, um, from Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with English if, German ob (“if”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʌm]

Conjunction

om

whether (introducing an indirect question)
Jeg skulle spørge om du havde fem minutter.
I have been asked to ask [you] if you have five minutes.
(formal) if (introducing a conditional clause)
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 (introducing a concessive clause)
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.
if only (introducing a wish)

Synonyms

(whether): hvorvidt
(if): hvis
(irrespective of): selvom, uagtet, på trods af
(desire): bare, gid

References

“om,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ombe, omme, from Old Dutch umbi, umbe, from Proto-West Germanic *umbi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔm/
Audio (file)

Preposition

om

around, about
at (a time)

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of om

preposition	om
postpositional adv.	om
+ het (it)	erom
+ dit (this)	hierom
+ dat (that)	daarom
+ wat (what)	waarom
+ iets (something)	ergens om
+ niets (nothing)	nergens om
+ alles (everything)	overal om

Adverb

om

around, about
around, over (to another state)
Hij zette de schakelaar om.
He turned the switch over.
over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")

Derived terms

andersom
omheen
omtrek
omweg

Related terms

om-

Descendants

Afrikaans: om

Conjunction

om

(om te) in order to; shortening of om te
Ik ga naar de winkel om boodschappen te kopen
I am going to the shop to buy some groceries.

Adjective

om (used only predicatively, not comparable)

convinced, persuaded
De rechter is om.
The judge has been persuaded.
(literally, “The judge is over.”)
up; over; gone (time)
Je tijd is om.
Your time is up.

Friulian

Alternative forms

omp

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Noun

om m (plural oms) or umign

man, person
husband

Synonyms

(husband): marît, cristian

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɔm]
Hyphenation: om

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or औं (auṃ) or ॐ (oṃ). Cognate with Balinese ᬒᬁ.

Interjection

om

(Hinduism, Buddhism) om: a sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.

Etymology 2

From Dutch oom (“uncle”), from Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”).

Noun

om (first-person possessive omku, second-person possessive ommu, third-person possessive omnya)

(colloquial) uncle (The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent)
(colloquial) uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /om/

Preposition

om

Alternative form of omme

Adverb

om

Alternative form of omme

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).

As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

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

Conjunction

om

whether
De spurte om jeg ville komme. (They asked whether I would come.)

Derived terms

selv om

References

“om” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the earlier, Old Norse preposition um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“by, around”), from earlier *h₂ntbʰi, instrumental case form to *h₂énts (“face”).[1] Doublet of ambi- and amfi.

As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

Alternative forms

um (non-standard since 1938)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʊm/, /ɔm/

Preposition

om

around
Bind eit reip om halsen på han!
Tie a rope around his neck!
in (when speaking of time) (after a period of time)
Eg kjem om ti minutt.
I shall be there in ten minutes
in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
om våren
in the spring, in the springtime
om kvelden
in the evening
about
Me snakka nettopp om deg.
We were just talking about you
via
Me køyrde til Bergen om Hardanger
We drove to Bergen via Hardanger

Derived terms

attom
kringom
utom
om-

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with om-

Conjunction

om

whether, if

Derived terms

om enn
som om

Adverb

om

(dialectal, Rogaland) Used to introduce yes-no-questions.
Om du har sjokolade?
Do you have chocolate?

Etymology 2

Confer with Old Norse ómun f (“voice”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uːm/
Homophones: ohm, óm

Noun

om m (definite singular omen, indefinite plural omar, definite plural omane)

a weak sound
reverberation

Derived terms

oma, óma, ome, óme (verb)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

“om” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

mo, mò, Mo, óm

Old French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /um/

Noun

om m

Alternative form of hom

Old Irish

Etymology

From from Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [oṽ]

Adjective

om

raw

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	om	om	om
Vocative	oim* om**	om
Accusative	om	oim
Genitive	oim	oime	oim
Dative	om	oim	om
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	oim	oma
Vocative	omu oma†
Accusative	omu oma†
Genitive	om
Dative	omaib
Notes	modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative *modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

Middle Irish: om
- Irish: amh
- Scottish Gaelic: amh
- Manx: aw

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
om	unchanged	n-om
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Occitan

Noun

om m (oblique plural oms, nominative singular oms, nominative plural om)

Alternative form of ome

Polish

Alternative forms

ohm

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔm/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔm
Syllabification: om

Noun

om m inan

ohm

Declension

Declension of om

	singular	plural
nominative	om	omy
genitive	oma	omów
dative	omowi	omom
accusative	om	omy
instrumental	omem	omami
locative	omie	omach
vocative	omie	omy

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [om]
Audio (file)

Etymology 1

From Latin homō, from earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”).

Noun

om m (plural oameni)

(dated) man (male)
(regardless of gender) human

Declension

Declension of om

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) om	omul	(niște) oameni	oamenii
genitive/dative	(unui) om	omului	(unor) oameni	oamenilor
vocative	omule		oamenilor

Synonyms

(man): bărbat
(human): ființă umană, persoană

Antonyms

neom

Derived terms

omenesc
omeni
omenie
omenire
omenos

Related terms

inuman
neuman
uman

Etymology 2

Auxiliary verb form

Verb

(noi) om (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

(we) might
om merge mâine undeva
we might go somewhere tomorrow

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔm/
audio (file)

Conjunction

om

if

Preposition

om

about
en bok om tåg
a book about trains
Vi har pratat om dig
We have talked about you
Vad pratar de om?
What are they talking about?
in, within (when talking about time)
om tio minuter
in ten minutes
Vem kan komma på festen jag ska ha om en vecka?
Who can come to the party I will have in a week?
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
during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
om våren
during the spring, in the springtime
om kvällarna
in the evenings
a (only when speaking about frequencies); per
Han röker fem cigaretter om dagen
He smokes five cigarettes a day
Jag jobbar nästan alla dagar om året
I work nearly every day of the year
De reser till Finland två gånger om året
They go to Finland twice a year
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!

Derived terms

bry sig om
förutom
tycka om
utom
även om
året om

Particle

om

specifies that a verb is done again, compare English "re-".
Hon målade om huset.
She repainted the house.
Sara blev tvungen att göra om läxorna.
Sara had to do her homework again.

Anagrams

mo

Ternate

Etymology

From the older omu, with word-final vowel deletion.

Verb

om

(stative) alternative form of omu (“ripe”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of om
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toom	foom	miom
2nd	noom	niom
3rd	Masculine	oom	iom, yoom^†
Feminine	moom
Neuter	iom
† - archaic

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tocharian B

Adverb

om

Alternative form of omp (“there”)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]

Noun

om • (堷)

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Adjective

om

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Verb

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Volapük

Pronoun

om (plural oms)

he (third-person masculine)
(obsolete) it (third-person neuter)

Declension

declension of om

	singular	plural
nominative	om	oms
genitive	oma	omas
dative	ome	omes
accusative	omi	omis

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian umbe, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

Preposition

om

around, about
about, regarding

Adverb

om

around, about

Zou

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /om˧/

Verb

om

(transitive) to disengage

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

om

Translingual

Symbol

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

Etymology 2

Interjection

Usage notes

Anagrams

Aromanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Contraction

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Contraction

Alternative forms

Chickasaw

Adjective

Chuukese

Determiner

Related terms

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Preposition

References

Adverb

References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Synonyms

References

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Inflection

Adverb

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Conjunction

Adjective

Friulian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

See also

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Interjection

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

Preposition

Adverb