saum

See also: Saum and šaum

English

Alternative forms

• sawm

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting”).

Noun

saum

1. (Islam) fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
2. (ecology) A herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy.

Derived terms

• wajib saum
• nathr saum

References

• R. T. T. Forman; Michel Godron (1986), Landscape Ecology, pages 108-109

Anagrams

• AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Maus, Musa, UMAs, USMA, amus, aums, masu

Icelandic

Noun

saum

1. indefinite accusative singular of saumur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse saumr.

Noun

saum m (definite singular saumen, indefinite plural saumar, definite plural saumane)

1. seam
2. the act of seaming

See also

• søm (Bokmål)

References

• “saum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.