roim

Estonian

Etymology

Coined ex nihilo by Estonian philologist and Fennophile Johannes Aavik in 1915, possibly inspired by English crime.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroi̯m/, [ˈroi̯m]
  • Rhymes: -oim
  • Hyphenation: roim

Noun

roim (genitive roima, partitive roima)

  1. (literary) a violent crime
    Near-synonym: mõrv (“murder”)

Declension

Declension of roim (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative roim roimad
accusative nom.
gen. roima
genitive roimade
partitive roima roimi
roimasid
illative roima
roimasse 		roimadesse
roimisse
inessive roimas roimades
roimis
elative roimast roimadest
roimist
allative roimale roimadele
roimile
adessive roimal roimadel
roimil
ablative roimalt roimadelt
roimilt
translative roimaks roimadeks
roimiks
terminative roimani roimadeni
essive roimana roimadena
abessive roimata roimadeta
comitative roimaga roimadega

Derived terms

Compounds

  • kõlblusroim
  • liiklusroim
  • raaliroim
  • sõjaroim
  • õigusroim
  • roimakatse

References

  • roim in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “roim”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Galician

Verb

roim

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of roer

Portuguese

Adjective

roim m or f (plural roins)

  1. obsolete spelling of ruim
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