nõmm
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nummi, possibly from Proto-Uralic *numᴈ. Cognates include Finnish nummi, Livonian num and Votic nõmmi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɤmː/, [ˈnɤmː]
- Rhymes: -ɤmː
- Hyphenation: nõmm
Noun
nõmm (genitive nõmme, partitive nõmme)
- heath, heathland, moor, moorland (open or dry area with scattered trees and shrubs, usually sandy soil)
Declension
| Declension of nõmm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nõmm | nõmmed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | nõmme | ||
| genitive | nõmmede | ||
| partitive | nõmme | nõmmi nõmmesid | |
| illative | nõmme nõmmesse |
nõmmedesse nõmmisse | |
| inessive | nõmmes | nõmmedes nõmmis | |
| elative | nõmmest | nõmmedest nõmmist | |
| allative | nõmmele | nõmmedele nõmmile | |
| adessive | nõmmel | nõmmedel nõmmil | |
| ablative | nõmmelt | nõmmedelt nõmmilt | |
| translative | nõmmeks | nõmmedeks nõmmiks | |
| terminative | nõmmeni | nõmmedeni | |
| essive | nõmmena | nõmmedena | |
| abessive | nõmmeta | nõmmedeta | |
| comitative | nõmmega | nõmmedega | |
Derived terms
- nõmmik
Compounds
- kadakanõmm
- kanarbikunõmm
- liivanõmm
- nõmmearu
- nõmmekiur
- nõmmelage
- nõmmeliiv
- nõmmeliivatee
- nõmmelõoke
- nõmmemaa
- nõmmemaastik
- nõmmemets
- nõmmemuld
- nõmmemänd
- nõmmemännik
- nõmmemünt
- nõmmenelk
- nõmmepõndak
- nõmmetaim
- nõmmetaimestik
- nõmmkann
- nõmmkannike
- nõmmliivatee
- nõmmluga
- nõmmnelk
- nõmmraba
- nõmmtarn
References
- nõmm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “nõmm”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Skolt Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *nëmë, from Proto-Uralic *nime.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɘmː/
Noun
nõmm
Inflection
| Even â-stem, mˈm-m gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nõmm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | nõõm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | nõmm | nõõm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | nõõm | nõõmid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | nõõm | nõõmi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | nõʹmme | nõõmid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | nõõmâst | nõõmin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | nõõmin | nõõmivuiʹm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Abessive | nõõmtää | nõõmitää | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | nõmmân | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Partitive | nõmmâd | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- famiʹljnõmm (“surname”)
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland