gom
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Irish gám (“booby, dolt”).
==== Alternative forms ====
gaum, gawm
==== Noun ====
gom (plural goms)
(Ireland) A foolish person.
=== Etymology 2 ===
Variant of gum.
==== Noun ====
gom (plural goms)
(Appalachia) Alternative form of gum.
=== Etymology 3 ===
Minced oath.
==== Interjection ====
gom
(obsolete, euphemistic) God!
1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373:
There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,
=== Anagrams ===
GMO, O. M. G., O.M.G., OMG, mog, omg
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch gom, from Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /χɔm/
=== Noun ===
gom (plural gomme)
glue
Gum, a viscous or sticky substance exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.
== Bokar ==
=== Noun ===
gom
language
=== References ===
欧阳觉亚 (1985), “gom”, in 珞巴族語言简志:崩尼-博嘎尔语 [Linguistic survey of the Lhoba people:Bokar language][1], Beijing: 民族出版社, →OCLC, page 107
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *culumus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡom]
=== Noun ===
gom
only used in de gom a gom
=== Further reading ===
“gom” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“gom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“gom”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Dutch ==
=== Alternative forms ===
gum
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ɣɔm/
Hyphenation: gom
Rhymes: -ɔm
==== Noun ====
gom m (plural gommen, diminutive gommetje n)
gum, various viscous or sticky substances exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically
an object made from gum
(now Belgium) alternative form of gum (“eraser”)
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
Afrikaans: gom
→ Indonesian: gom
→ Japanese: ゴム→ Korean: 고무 (gomu)
→ Makasar: hong (“eraser”)
→ Papiamentu: gòm, gom
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
gom
inflection of gommen:
first-person singular present indicative
(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
imperative
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Dutch gom (“gum”), from Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡom/ [ˈɡom]
Rhymes: -om
Syllabification: gom
=== Noun ===
gom (plural gom-gom)
gum, various viscous or sticky substances exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically
=== Further reading ===
“gom”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Middle English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
gom
alternative form of gome (“man”)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
gom
alternative form of gome (“regard”)
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Noun ====
gom
alternative form of gumme
== Northern Kurdish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
gov
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Armenian գոմ (gom).
=== Noun ===
gom f
sty, fold, pen; sheepfold
==== References ====
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971), “գոմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 575a
Asatrjan, G. (1986), “О ранних арменизмах в курдском [On Early Armenian Loan-Words in Kurdish]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal][2] (in Russian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 171–172
Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “gom”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume I, London: Transnational Press, page 275ab
Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879), Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 371a
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Alternative forms ===
gomme (dialectal)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Norse gómr, from Proto-Germanic *gōmô
=== Noun ===
gom m (definite singular gommen, indefinite plural gommar, definite plural gommane)
palate
Synonym: gane
gum (flesh around the roots of teeth)
Synonym: tannkjøt(t)
==== Derived terms ====
fingergom
== Rohingya ==
=== Verb ===
gom
good
== Swedish ==
=== Noun ===
gom c
a palate (roof of the mouth)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
“gom”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“gom”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“gom”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Svensk MeSH
== Vietnamese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Austroasiatic *kom (“to gather, to associate”). Cognate with Bahnar akŏm/akŭm (“to meet together, to gather things”), Mon ကောံ (kɒm, “to assemble, come together”) and Khmer ចង្កោម (cɑngkaom, “bunch”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣɔm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [ɣɔm˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣɔm˧˧]
=== Verb ===
gom • (搛, 𡗄)
to gather together
==== Derived terms ====
== Yola ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Irish gám (“booby, dolt”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡɔm/
=== Noun ===
gom
fool, idiot
=== References ===
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 42