óm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Faroese

óm

Borrowed from Danish ohm, from the surname of German physicist Georg Ohm.

óm n (genitive singular óms, nominative plural óm)

declension of óm

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	óm	ómið	óm	ómin
accusative	óm	ómið	óm	ómin
dative	ómi	óminu	ómum	ómunum
genitive	óms	ómsins	óma	ómanna

óm (triggers lenition)

(Munster) Contraction of ó mo (“from my”).
Bhí mé scartha amach óm dhaoine.
I was cut off from my people.

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded, det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod, dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
fara (“along with, beside”)	fairis an	fairis na	fara mo	fara do	farana	faranár	faranar		faranarb	faranarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id, it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led, let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód, ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

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