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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Probably related to шу̑м (“noise, buzz”). A parallel may then be drawn to the onomatopoeic origin of Proto-Slavic *gajь (“forest”).
Otherwise, according to P. Skok, the term may alternatively be of paleo-Balkan origin (Illyrian or Thracian); he draws connection with Albanian proshëm, prozhëm (“small wood, community forest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃûma/
- Hyphenation: šu‧ma
Noun
šȕma f (Cyrillic spelling шу̏ма)
- forest, woods
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “šuma” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
šuma (Cyrillic spelling шума)
- genitive singular of šum
References
- ^ Skok, Petar (1972) “šuma”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 422