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dwalm

dwalm noun: a swoon; a sudden sickness.

Noun

dwalm (plural dwalms)

  1. (Scotland) A swoon; a sudden sickness.

Verb

dwalm (third-person singular simple present dwalms, present participle dwalming, simple past and past participle dwalmed)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To fail in health.

Forms of dwalm

Noun
pluraldwalms
alternative formdwaum
Verb
third-person singular presentdwalms
present participledwalming
past participledwalmed
pastdwalmed

Origin of dwalm

From Old English dwolma (“confusion”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (“confused, stunned”).

Questions about dwalm

What does dwalm mean?
Dwalm means a swoon; a sudden sickness.
What part of speech is dwalm?
Dwalm can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of dwalm?
The plural of dwalm is dwalms.

Words near dwalm in the dictionary

  1. dwales
  2. dwaling
  3. dwallow
  4. dwallowed
  5. dwallows
  6. dwalm
  7. dwalmed
  8. dwalming
  9. dwalms
  10. Dwan
  11. Dwane

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