Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

сом (somm

  1. sheatfish (Silurus glanis)

Declension edit

Ingush edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Chechen стом (stom).

Noun edit

сом (som)

  1. fruit

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic سوم
Cyrillic сом
Latin som

Etymology edit

As a unit of currency, the Turkic root *som literally means pure, implying pure gold.

Adjective edit

сом (som)

  1. solid, dense
  2. pure

Noun edit

сом (som)

  1. som (national unit of currency in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan)
  2. (historical) ruble (under the USSR)

Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

As a unit of currency, the Turkic root *som literally means pure, implying pure gold.

Noun edit

сом (som) (Arabic spelling سوم)

  1. som (national unit of currency in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan)
  2. (historical) ruble (under the USSR)

Declension edit

Adjective edit

сом (som) (comparative [please provide], superlative [please provide], Arabic spelling سوم)

  1. pure

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɔm]
  • (file)

Noun edit

сом (somm (diminutive сомче)

  1. catfish

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mongolian edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠰᠣᠮ
(som)
сом
(som)

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

сом (som)

  1. (dialectal) wooden fermentation bucket

Declension edit

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Noun edit

сом (somm anim (genitive сома́, nominative plural сомы́, genitive plural сомо́в)

  1. catfish, sheatfish
Declension edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Kyrgyz сом (som), Uzbek сўм (soʻm)/soʻm.

Noun edit

сом (somm inan (genitive со́ма, nominative plural со́мы, genitive plural со́мов)

  1. (numismatics) som, so'm
Declension edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Noun edit

со̏м m (Latin spelling sȍm)

  1. catfish
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

The origins of this term are unclear. Possibly because som (catfish) is a big fish. Others believe it is due to the 1000 dinar banknotes of 1955, on which the person depicted appears to have two fish eyes (instead of welding goggles) on his head.

Noun edit

со̏м m (Latin spelling sȍm)

  1. (colloquial) grand (a thousand of something, especially but not only money)

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

As a unit of currency, the Turkic root *som literally means pure, implying pure gold.

Noun edit

сом (som)

  1. statue, contour

Adjective edit

сом (som)

  1. unbroken

References edit

  • V. verbickij, editor (1884), “сом”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN, page 305
  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “сом”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Ukrainian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Noun edit

сом (somm animal (genitive со́ма, nominative plural со́ми, genitive plural со́мів)

  1. catfish
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

сом (somm inan (genitive со́ма, nominative plural со́ми, genitive plural со́мів)

  1. som (currency)
Declension edit

References edit