From Proto-Finnic *ilma, from Proto-Uralic *ilma.

ilm (genitive ilma, partitive ilma)

1. weather
2. (poetic) world

Declension of ilm (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ilm	ilmad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ilma
genitive			ilmade
partitive		ilma	ilmu ilmasid
illative		ilma ilmasse	ilmadesse ilmusse
inessive		ilmas	ilmades ilmus
elative		ilmast	ilmadest ilmust
allative		ilmale	ilmadele ilmule
adessive		ilmal	ilmadel ilmul
ablative		ilmalt	ilmadelt ilmult
translative		ilmaks	ilmadeks ilmuks
terminative		ilmani	ilmadeni
essive		ilmana	ilmadena
abessive		ilmata	ilmadeta
comitative		ilmaga	ilmadega

ilm

1. indefinite accusative singular of ilmur
2. indefinite dative singular of ilmur

ilm

1. Salaca form of īlma (“world; air”)

ilm

1. obsolete spelling of īlma

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

From Proto-Finnic *ilma.

ilm

1. air

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

ilm ?

1. knowledge

Inherited from Old Norse ilmr (“sweet smell, scent”), of further unknown origin.

Cognate with Icelandic ilmur (“fragrance”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪlm/

• Rhymes: -ɪlm
• Hyphenation: ilm

ilm m (definite singular ilmen, indefinite plural ilmer, definite plural ilmene)

1. (archaic) a fragrance, scent, aroma
   • 1922, Sigrid Undset, Korset, page 60:

     [det var] en svak søt ilm efter haaret hendes paa hodedynen

     [there was] a faint sweet smell after her hair on the pillow

   • 1925, Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken II, page 125:

     kirken blev fuld av den søteste ilm

     the church was filled with the sweetest scent

• vellukt (“pleasant air”)
• duft (“sweet scent”)
• ange (“scent”)

• “ilm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• mil, lim

Inherited from Proto-Berber *elăm (“skin”), from earlier *a-alăm, from Proto-Afroasiatic.

• IPA^(key): /ilm/

ilm m (plural ilmawn or almiwn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵍⵎ, Arabic spelling ايلم)

1. skin

   اور ڭيس ياڭور ابلا يخسان د ييلم.

   ur gis yagur abla ixsan d yilm.

   he's just skin and bones.

2. leather

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1094a

Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

ilm (plural ilmlar)

1. science
2. knowledge

• fan

From Proto-Finnic *ilma.

ilm (genitive ilma, partitive ilma)

1. weather, climate
2. world, universe

• ilma
• maailm

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