oman

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.^[1]

oman m (definite omani)

1. (botany) inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

• “oman”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

• woman, voman (obsolete)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈoman]

oman m inan

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

• “oman”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “oman”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē.

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːman]

oman

1. (of motion) down, from above, downwards

oman (+ accusative)

1. down (through)

• IPA^(key): /ˈomɑn/, [ˈo̞mɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -omɑn
• Syllabification^(key): o‧man
• Hyphenation^(key): oman

oman

1. genitive singular of oma

• moan

From Old Norse ofan. Compare Faroese oman.

• (Telemark) IPA^(key): [o̞ːmɐ̞n], [o̞ːmɐ̞]

oman

1. (dialectal) alternative form of ovan (“from above”)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.man/
• Rhymes: -ɔman
• Syllabification: o‧man
• Homophone: Oman

oman m inan (related adjective omanowy)

1. inula (any plant of the genus Inula)

• oman in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• oman in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оманъ (omanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

• IPA^(key): /oˈman/

oman m (plural omani)

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

• IPA^(key): /ǒman/

òman m inan (Cyrillic spelling о̀ман)

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)
2. the related and similar Telekia speciosa syn. Telekia cordifolia

• ànduz

• vèlikī òman, prȁvī òman (“Inula helenium”)

• “òman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Oman (biljni rod) on the Croatian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^hr
• Оман (биљка) on the Serbian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sr

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔman]

oman m inan (genitive singular omanu, nominative plural omany, genitive plural omanov, declension pattern of dub)

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

• “oman”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

• IPA^(key): /óːman/

ọ̑man m inan

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	ọ̑man
gen. sing.	ọ̑mana
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ọ̑man	ọ̑mana	ọ̑mani
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ọ̑mana	ọ̑manov	ọ̑manov
dative (dajȃlnik)	ọ̑manu	ọ̑manoma	ọ̑manom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ọ̑man	ọ̑mana	ọ̑mane
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ọ̑manu	ọ̑manih	ọ̑manih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ọ̑manom	ọ̑manoma	ọ̑mani

• veliki ọ̑man (“Inula helenium”)

• “oman”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From English woman.

oman

1. wife
2. a married woman