-som

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse -samr. Related to samme (“same”). Compare Albanian -shëm, -sham. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-sɔm/, [-ˌsʌmˀ], [-sʌm] === Suffix === -som -some (characterized by some specific condition or quality) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== -lig === References === “-som” in Den Danske Ordbog == Middle English == === Alternative forms === -soum, -sum -some, -somme (Late Middle English) -summ (Ormulum) === Etymology === From Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-sum/ === Suffix === -som -some; having a specific quality. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: -some Middle Scots: -sum Scots: -some Yola: -zom ==== References ==== “-sǒm, suf.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse -samr (“-some; having or showing a specified quality or tendency”), from Proto-Germanic *-samaz (“-some; possessing a quality”), a suffixal form of *samaz (“same”). It is ultimately the same Germanic word as samme (“same”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk -sam, Danish -som, Swedish -sam, Icelandic -samur, Faroese -samur, Dutch -zaam, German -sam and English -some (“adjective-forming suffix denoting a quality or tendency”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-sɔm/ Rhymes: -ɔm Hyphenation: -som === Suffix === -som (neuter singular -somt, definite singular and plural -somme, comparative -sommere, indefinite superlative -somst, definite superlative -somste) Used to form adjectives denoting a specified quality, characteristic, disposition, or tendency. From nouns. prat (“talk, chatter”) +‎ -som (“adjective-forming suffix denoting a quality or tendency”) → pratsom (“talkative”) vold (“violence, force”) +‎ -som (“adjective-forming suffix denoting a quality or tendency”) → voldsom (“violent, intense”) From other adjectives. lang (“long”) +‎ -som (“adjective-forming suffix denoting a quality or tendency”) → langsom (“slow”) var (“aware, sensitive”) +‎ -som (“adjective-forming suffix denoting a quality or tendency”) → varsom (“careful, cautious”) From verbs or verbal expressions. Examples include hjelpsom (“helpful”), sparsom (“sparing, frugal”) and ettertenksom (“thoughtful, reflective”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== -aktig (“-like, -ish”) -full (“-ful”) -ig (“adjective-forming suffix”) -lig (“-ly, -like”) === References === “-som” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “-som” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === -sum, -sam -sem, -sium (after slender consonants and front vowels) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [soβ̃] === Suffix === -som emphatic suffix of the following persons; used after velarized consonants and back vowels third-person singular masculine/neuter third-person plural all genders ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: -san Manx: -syn Scottish Gaelic: -san ==== See also ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Derived from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɔm/ Rhymes: -ɔm Syllabification: -som === Suffix === -som m inan -some, as relating to cells ‎alo- + ‎-som → ‎alosom ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== -somia === Further reading === “-som”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)