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om-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse um (“about, concerning”).

Prefix

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om-

  1. re-, over
    ‎om- + ‎male (“paint”) → ‎ommale (“repaint”)
    ‎om- + ‎klassificere (“classify”) → ‎omklassificere (“reclassify”)
    ‎om- + ‎bestemme (sig) (“decide”) → ‎ombestemme (sig) (“change one's mind”)
  2. around

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Derived terms

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Danish terms prefixed with om-

Dutch

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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om-

  1. denotes that the action encloses or surrounds the object
    Het kind omklemde haar moeder.
    The child clamped herself around her mother.
Dutch terms prefixed with om-

Northern Ndebele

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Etymology 1

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om-

  1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 2

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om-

  1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 3

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om-

  1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Prefix

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om-

  1. around
  2. re-

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Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with om-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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om-

  1. around
  2. re-

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Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with om-

Southern Ndebele

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Etymology 1

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om-

  1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 2

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om-

  1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 3

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om-

  1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From om.

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om-

  1. around, about
    Synonym: kring-
    ‎om- + ‎ring (“ring”) → ‎omringa (“surround”)
    ‎om- + ‎slingra (“slither”) → ‎omslingra (“entwine”)
    ‎om- + ‎skära (“cut”) → ‎omskära (“circumcise (of which it is a calque)”)
  2. about
    ‎om- + ‎tala (“speak”) → ‎omtalad (“talked about”)
  3. re-, again, over
    Synonyms: (less common) gen-, re-
    ‎om- + ‎klassificera (“classify”) → ‎omklassificera (“reclassify”)

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Xhosa

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Etymology 1

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om-

  1. Second-person singular adjective concord.

Etymology 2

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om-

  1. Class 1 adjective concord.

Etymology 3

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om-

  1. Class 3 adjective concord.

Zulu

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Etymology 1

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ṓḿ-

  1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 2

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ṓḿ-

  1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 3

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ṓḿ-

  1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

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