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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse -samr. Related to samme (“same”). Compare Albanian -shëm, -sham.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-som
- -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
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz
Suffix
-som
- -some; having a specific quality
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Irish
- -sem (used in later texts after palatalized consonants and front vowels)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-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
Descendants
See also
Old Irish emphatic suffixes
| Person |
Emphatic suffixes
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| 1 sg.
|
-se, -sa
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| 2 sg.
|
-siu, -so, -su
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| 3 sg. m.n.
|
-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
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| 3 sg. f.
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-si
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| 1 pl.
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-ni, -nai, -sni
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| 2 pl.
|
-si
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| 3 pl.
|
-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
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| 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.
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Polish
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-som m inan
- -some, as relating to cells
- alo- + -som → alosom
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- -som in Polish dictionaries at PWN