-som

-som

See also: Appendix:Variations of "som"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse -samr. Related to samme (same). Compare Albanian -shëm, -sham.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-sɔm/, [-ˌsʌmˀ], [-sʌm]

Suffix

-som

  1. -some (characterized by some specific condition or quality)

Declension

Inflection of -som
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular -som -sommere -somst2
indefinite neuter singular -somt -sommere -somst2
plural -somme -sommere -somst2
definite attributive1 -somme -sommere -somste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

See also

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old English -sum (same as; -some), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /-sum/

    Suffix

    -som

    1. -some; having a specific quality.

    Derived terms

    Middle English terms suffixed with -som

    Descendants

    • English: -some
    • Middle Scots: -sum
    • Yola: -zom

    References

    Old Irish

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [soβ̃]

    Suffix

    -som

    1. emphatic suffix of the following persons; used after velarized consonants and back vowels
      1. third-person singular masculine/neuter
      2. third-person plural all genders

    Derived terms

    Old Irish terms suffixed with -som

    Descendants

    See also

    Old Irish emphatic suffixes
    person emphatic suffixes
    1 sg -se, -sa
    2 sg -siu, -so, -su
    3 sg m or n -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
    3 sg f -si
    1 pl -ni, -nai, -sni
    2 pl -si
    3 pl -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
    Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.

    Polish

    Etymology

      Derived from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /sɔm/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ɔm
      • Syllabification: -som

      Suffix

      -som m inan

      1. -some, as relating to cells
        alo- + ‎-som → ‎alosom

      Declension

      Derived terms

      Polish terms suffixed with -som

      See also

      Further reading

      • -som”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)