aatom

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ātem, from Old High German ātum, from Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

Cognate with German Atem, Dutch adem, Middle English ethem.

Noun

aatom m

1. (Sette Comuni) breath

   Bénne dar aatom khimmet net mèar, haltabóol!

   When the breath comes no more, goodbye!

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian atomo (“atom; moment, instant”), from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”).

Noun

aatom m

1. (Sette Comuni) moment, instant

   Ich khimme sònname aatome.

   I'll come in a moment.

References

• “aatom” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Atom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːtom/, [ˈɑːtːom]
• Rhymes: -ɑːtom
• Hyphenation: aa‧tom

Noun

aatom (genitive aatomi, partitive aatomit)

1. (physics, chemistry) atom

Declension

Declension of aatom (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		aatom	aatomid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	aatomi
genitive			aatomite
partitive		aatomit	aatomeid
illative		aatomisse	aatomitesse aatomeisse
inessive		aatomis	aatomites aatomeis
elative		aatomist	aatomitest aatomeist
allative		aatomile	aatomitele aatomeile
adessive		aatomil	aatomitel aatomeil
ablative		aatomilt	aatomitelt aatomeilt
translative		aatomiks	aatomiteks aatomeiks
terminative		aatomini	aatomiteni
essive		aatomina	aatomitena
abessive		aatomita	aatomiteta
comitative		aatomiga	aatomitega

Compounds

• aatomipomm

References

• aatom in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “aatom”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009