-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)

Usage notes

Forms adjectives, inflected: neuter -somt, definite and plural -somme, comparative -sommere, superlative -somst.

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -som

beslutsom

betænksom

eftertænksom

ensom

frygtsom

følsom

glemsom

grusom

hjælpsom

kedsom

mistænksom

morsom

nøjsom

rædsom

snaksom

sparsom

tænksom

ubetænksom

varsom

virksom

voldsom

Middle English

Alternative forms

• -sum

Etymology

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

Suffix

-som

1. -some; having a specific quality

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -som

buxum

fulsom

hatesum

hevysum

lightsum

lovesom

noysom

wynsom

Descendants

• English: -some

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• -sum, -sam
• -sem, -sium (after slender consonants and front vowels)

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
   2. third-person singular neuter
   3. third-person plural all genders

Derived terms

Old Irish terms suffixed with -som

doibsom

dosom

ésom

foraibsom

lesom

lessom

leusom

Descendants

• Irish: -san
• Manx: -syn
• Scottish Gaelic: -san

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

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)der.

Polish -som

Derived from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-som m inan

1. -some, as relating to cells

   ‎alo- + ‎-som → ‎alosom

Declension

Declension of -som

	singular	plural
nominative	-som	-somy
genitive	-somu	-somów
dative	-somowi	-somom
accusative	-som	-somy
instrumental	-somem	-somami
locative	-somie	-somach
vocative	-somie	-somy

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -som

akrosom

allosom

alosom

autosom

See also

• -somia

Further reading

• -som in Polish dictionaries at PWN