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See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Etymology

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

Prefix

om-

re-, over
‎om- + ‎male (“paint”) → ‎ommale (“repaint”)

‎om- + ‎klassificere (“classify”) → ‎omklassificere (“reclassify”)

‎om- + ‎bestemme (sig) (“decide”) → ‎ombestemme (sig) (“change one's mind”)
around

Synonyms

(re-): gen-, re-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with om-

Etymology

See om

Pronunciation

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Prefix

om-

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-

Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

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

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

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

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

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

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

around
re-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with om-

References

“om-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

around
re-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with om-

Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

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

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

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

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

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

Etymology

From om.

Prefix

om-

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)”)
about
‎om- + ‎tala (“speak”) → ‎omtalad (“talked about”)
re-, again, over
Synonyms: (less common) gen-, re-

‎om- + ‎klassificera (“classify”) → ‎omklassificera (“reclassify”)

References

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Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

Second-person singular adjective concord.

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

Class 1 adjective concord.

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

Class 3 adjective concord.

Etymology 1

Prefix

ṓḿ-

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

Etymology 2

Prefix

ṓḿ-

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

Etymology 3

Prefix

ṓḿ-

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

References

C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “om-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “om-”

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