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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

More information Declension of (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation), singular ...

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
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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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