German

Noun

Saum m ‎(genitive Saums or Saumes, plural Säume)

1. seam, hem
2. edge

Synonyms

• Begrenzung f, Einfassung f, Kante f, Rand m, Umrahmung f, Umrandung f

Etymology 2

From Middle High German soum ‎(“weight, pack animal”), from Old High German soum ‎(“weight, pack animal”), from Vulgar Latin *sauma ‎(“packsaddle”), from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα ‎(ságma).

Noun

Saum m ‎(genitive Saums or Saumes, plural Säume)

1. weight

Synonyms

• Last f

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• sawm

Noun

saum

1. (Islam) fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
2. In 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. (See R.T.T.Forman and Michel Godron. Landscape Ecology. 1986. pp. 108-109.)

Derived terms

• wajib saum
• nathr saum

Anagrams

• masu, MSAU, Musa

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

References

• “saum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.