saum
See also: Saum and šaum
English
Alternative forms
- sawm
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting”).
Noun
saum
- (Islam) fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
- (ecology) A herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy.
Derived terms
- wajib saum
- nathr saum
References
- 1986, R. T. T. Forman and Michel Godron, Landscape Ecology, pp. 108-109.
Anagrams
- AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Maus, Musa, USMA, amus, aums, masu
Icelandic
Noun
saum
- indefinite accusative singular of saumur
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse saumr.
Noun
saum m (definite singular saumen, indefinite plural saumar, definite plural saumane)
- seam
- the act of seaming
See also
- søm (Bokmål)
References
- “saum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.