# salm
## English
### Noun

salm (plural salms)
* Obsolete form of psalm.

### References

* “salm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* AMLs, masl, Alms, M.L.A.s, ALMS, alms, MSAL, SLAM, SAML, AMSL, MLAs, MASL, amsl, ALMs, mals, lams, slam, LAMs, Lams

## Cornish
### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [salm]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [sɒlm]

### Noun

salm m
* A psalm

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈsˠɑl̪ˠəmˠ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /ˈsˠal̪ˠəmˠ/

### Noun

salm m (genitive singular sailm, nominative plural sailm)
* psalm

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
salm
sailm
vocative
a shailm
a shalma
genitive
sailm
salm
dative
salm
sailm
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an salm
na sailm
genitive
an tsailm
na salm
dative
leis an salm don salm
leis na sailm :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “salm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “salm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “salm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “salm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* psalm, psalme, psame, salme, saulm, saume, spalme
* sallme, sealm, selm (Early Middle English)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English psealm, from Late Latin psalmus. Some forms are influenced by Old French salme, saume.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salm/, (after French) /ˈsalm(ə)/, /ˈsau̯m(ə)/

### Noun

salm (plural salmes)
* A psalm (hymn in the Book of Psalms)
    Hypernym: ymne
* (by extension) A Christian hymn or creed.

#### Descendants

* English: psalm
* Scots: saum, sawm
* → Middle Welsh: salm
** Welsh: salm

#### References

* “Psalm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salm/

### Noun

salm m
* psalm

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsal̪ˠam/

### Noun

salm f (genitive singular sailm, plural sailm)
* psalm

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [salm]

### Noun

salm (nominative plural salms)
* (male or female) salmon (fish)

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* redasalm
* redasalmik
* salm di 'Donau' (salm di 'Donau')
* salmakuvot
* salmaköl
* salmakölik
* salmatrüid
* salmibrid
* salmibridam
* salmibridan
* salmibridik
* salmifan
* salmifanan
* salmihibridan
* salmihifanan
* salmihipäskaran
* salmijibridan
* salmijifanan
* salmijipäskaran
* salmik
* salmil
* salmipäskar
* salmipäskaran

#### See also

* bläniut
* böd
* bödav
* ciel
* fint
* flegülahukopäskaröm
* gümnot
* hukopäskar
* hukopäskaran
* karip
* karipalulak
* karipül
* karipülem
* lif
* lifav
* mafib
* mafibav
* müxen (Myxine glutinosa)
* paik
* päskar
* päskaradel
* päskaran
* päskarön
* rayad
* räptul
* räptulav
* salmik
* salmipäskar
* salmipäskaran
* stiragöb
* süganim
* süganimav
* süganimavan
* tegül
* torpeod
* toün
* trüit
* ziporüt

## Welsh
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh salm, from Middle English salm, from Latin psalmus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salm/
* Rhymes: -alm

### Noun

salm f (plural salmau, not mutable)
* psalm

#### Derived terms

* Salmau (“Book of Psalms”)
* salmydd (“psalmist”)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “salm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## West Frisian
### Etymology

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### Noun

salm c (plural salmen, diminutive salmke)
* salmon

#### Further reading

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