different between saim vs salm

English

Etymology

From Middle English saim, a variant of seime (“grease”), from Old French saim (“fat”). See seam.

Noun

saim (plural saims)

1. (dialect) lard

Anagrams

• AMIs, Amis, ISAM, Isam, M'sia, MIAs, Masi, Sami, Siam, Sima, Sámi, aims, siam, sima

English

Noun

salm (plural salms)

1. Obsolete form of psalm.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Anagrams

• AMLs, AMSL, LAMs, Lams, MASL, SAML, SLAM, alms, lams, mals, masl, slam

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [salm]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [s?lm]

Noun

salm m

1. A psalm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish salm, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (psalmós).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /?s??l???m?/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /?s?al???m?/

Noun

salm m (genitive singular sailm, nominative plural sailm)

1. psalm

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “salm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• "salm" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “salm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “salm” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salm/

Noun

salm m

1. psalm

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sal??am/

Noun

salm f (genitive singular sailm, plural sailm)

1. psalm

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [salm]

Noun

salm (nominative plural salms)

1. (male or female) salmon (fish)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salm/

Noun

salm f (plural salmau, not mutable)

1. A psalm

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

salm c (plural salmen, diminutive salmke)

1. salmon

Further reading

• “salm”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011