-som
See also: Appendix:Variations of "som"
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse -samr. Related to samme (“same”). Compare Albanian -shëm, -sham.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-som
- -some (characterized by some specific condition or quality)
Usage notes edit
Forms adjectives, inflected: neuter -somt, definite and plural -somme, comparative -sommere, superlative -somst.
Derived terms edit
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- -sem (used in later texts after palatalized consonants and front vowels)
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-som
- emphatic suffix of the following persons; used after velarized consonants and back vowels
- third-person singular masculine
- third-person singular neuter
- third-person plural all genders
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Old Irish emphatic suffixes
Person | Emphatic suffixes |
---|---|
1 sg. | -se, -sa |
2 sg. | -siu, -so, -su |
3 sg. m.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 edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-som m inan
Declension edit
Declension of -som
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- -som in Polish dictionaries at PWN