helma

From German Helm.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛlma]

helma f

1. helmet
2. hard hat

• helma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• helma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Finnic *helma (compare Estonian hõlm), borrowed either from Baltic (compare Lithuanian šelmuo (“ridge (of a roof)”)) or from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”) (compare Old English helm (“helmet, protection, covering”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhelmɑ/, [ˈhe̞lmɑ]
• Rhymes: -elmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hel‧ma

helma

1. skirt, base, lap (part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist)

   Synonyms: helmus, lieve, reuna

2. hem (border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying)

   Synonyms: palle, päärme

3. (figuratively) care

   äitinsä helmoissa ― cared for by his mother / living with his mother

4. (furniture) valance (short, decorative edging of cloth that conceals the underside of a bed, couch or other piece of furniture)

   Synonym: helmalakana

• -helmainen
• helmallinen
• helmus
• helmusta

• Halme, halme

Cognate with Old Norse hjálm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxel.mɑ/, [ˈheɫ.mɑ]

helma m

1. helm (of boat), tiller

• English: helm

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦelma]

helma f (genitive singular helmy, nominative plural helmy, genitive plural heliem, declension pattern of žena)

1. helmet

• helma in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk