rúm

See also: rum, Rum, rùm, Rùm, rüm, and rum.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɹʉuːm]

Noun

rúm n (genitive singular rúms, plural rúm)

1. space

   Synonyms: pláss, øki, rúmd

2. room

   Synonyms: kamar, herbergi, skemma

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rúm	rúmið	rúm	rúmini
accusative	rúm	rúmið	rúm	rúmini
dative	rúmi	rúminum	rúmum	rúmunum
genitive	rúms	rúmsins	rúma	rúmanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/
• IPA^(key): /rum(ː)/(when used to mean bed)
• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

rúm n (genitive singular rúms, nominative plural rúm)

1. bed

   Synonyms: sæng, ból, bæli, rekkja

   Í rúmið með ykkur! ― To bed with you!

2. room, space (occupied by or intended for a person or thing)

   Synonyms: pláss, rými

   Við viljum skapa samfélag sem hefur rúm fyrir alla.

   We want to create a society with space for all.

3. space (the three dimensions in which everything exists and moves)

   rúm og tími ― space and time

Usage notes

• Used with the definite declension when it translates English "in bed" or "to bed": Hann er bara góður í rúminu þegar hann er á kókaíni (“He's only good in bed when he's on cocaine”).

Declension

Declension of rúm (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rúm	rúmið	rúm	rúmin
accusative	rúm	rúmið	rúm	rúmin
dative	rúmi	rúminu	rúmum	rúmunum
genitive	rúms	rúmsins	rúma	rúmanna

Derived terms

• búa um rúmið (“to make the bed”)
• rúmfræði (“geometry”)

 

Related terms

• rúmur

Anagrams

• múr

Irish

Alternative forms

• rúma

Etymology

Possibly from Old English rūm or Old Norse rúm, both from Proto-Germanic *rūmą. Compare Scottish Gaelic rùm.

Noun

rúm m (genitive singular rúma, nominative plural rúmanna)

1. room
2. (floor) space

Declension

Declension of rúm (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative rúm rúmanna vocative a rúm a rúmanna genitive rúma rúmanna dative rúm rúmanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an rúm na rúmanna genitive an rúma na rúmanna dative leis an rúm don rúm leis na rúmanna

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rúm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-. Cognate with Old English rūm (English room), Old Saxon rūm (Low German Ruum), Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rūms).

Noun

rúm n

1. room
2. space

Descendants

• Danish: rum
• Faroese: rúm
• Icelandic: rúm
• Norwegian Bokmål: rom
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rom
• Swedish: rum