-som

See also: som, Som, SOM, söm, sớm, som', Som., and Appendix:Variations of "som"

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-sɔm/, [-ˌsʌmˀ]

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

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • -sem (used in later texts after palatalized consonants and front vowels)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /som/

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
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