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)

1. 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

1. name

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
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Derived terms

• famiʹljnõmm (“surname”)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland