See also: sum, сүм, сӯм, and сўм

Belarusian

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Etymology 1

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Ukrainian сум (sum, literally sadness). сума, сумно (sadly), Russian сумно (sumno, literally doubtful), Polish sum,sumny < East Slavic, compare Slovene sȗm, sȗmnja (suspicion), Serbo-Croatian сумња (literally doubt)

Noun

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сум (summ inan (genitive су́му, uncountable)

  1. boredom, sadness, sorrow
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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сум (sum)

  1. genitive plural of сума (suma)

References

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  • сум” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2010), “сум”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 13 (су- – трапка́ч), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 38

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esmь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sum]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -um

Verb

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сум (sum) third-singular presentimpf or pf

  1. (intransitive) to be
  2. (intransitive) to be wrong with

Usage notes

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  • The dependent form is specific to this verb only and is basically a second present form that is used in compound forms, such as the future, the да-construction, etc. It is analogous to the dependent present form of perfective verbs and its presence in the conjugation of "сум" is due to suppletion.

Conjugation

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Mongolian

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Mongolian
ᠰᠤᠮᠤ
(sumu)
Cyrillic
сум
(sum)

Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *sumun (arrow), compare Kalmyk сумн (sumn), Dongxiang sumu.

The sense 'district' arose during the Qing dynasty as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, a large arrow, militia company, district).[1]

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Noun

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сум (sum); (hidden-n declension)

  1. arrow, projectile, bullet
  2. sum (sometimes somon, sumon or sumu) (the second-level civil administrative unit in the Mongolian governance system)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Buryat: сомон (somon)
  • English: sum
  • Mandarin: 蘇木苏木 (sūmù)
  • Tuvan: сумон (sumon)

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References

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  1. ^ Christopher P. Atwood (2004) Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol empire, New York: Facts on File, Inc, page 523

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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сум (sumf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of сума́ (sumá)

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Related to су́мнів (súmniv, doubt). Compare Slovene súm (suspicion).

Noun

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сум (summ inan (genitive су́му, uncountable)

  1. sadness

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Uzbek so‘m

Noun

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сум (summ inan (genitive су́ма, nominative plural су́ми, genitive plural су́мів)

  1. sum, som

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