Noun: kam
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | kam |
| Sg. definite | kammen |
| Pl. indefinite | kamme |
| Pl. definite | kammene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | kams |
| Sg. definite | kammens |
| Pl. indefinite | kammes |
| Pl. definite | kammenes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kam
sygdom,
babylem,
dagdrøm,
dødsdom,
brudgom,
privatejendom,
pilgrim,
slangeham,
kønssygdom,
ønskedrøm,
helligdom,
martyrdom,
ejendom,
børnesygdom,
mødom,
gam,
bom,
ham,
kam,
vom, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse kambr, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, Norwegian, Swedish kam, English comb, German Kamm. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, peg”), which is also the source of Sanskrit: जम्भः (jámbhaḥ, “tooth”), Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “peg”), Polish ząb (“tooth”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
kambr', Swedish Nouns '
kam', English Nouns '
comb', German Nouns '
Kamm', Ancient Greek Nouns '
γόμφος', Polish Nouns '
ząb'.
Verbs referencing "kam"
English Nouns
comb, Swedish Nouns
kam.
Translations