soms

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See also: söms

English

Noun

soms

  1. plural of som

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch soms, from Middle Dutch soms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔms/
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Adverb

soms

  1. sometimes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch soms.

Pronunciation

Adverb

soms

  1. sometimes
  2. (in questions) maybe, perhaps
    Ben je soms bang?
    Maybe you're scared?

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: soms
  • Negerhollands: som
  • → West Frisian: soms

Latvian

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Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *soomi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Noun

soms m (1st declension, feminine form: somiete)

  1. a Finn, a Finnish man
    tikties ar somiem ― to meet with Finns
  2. (genitive plural) Finnish, pertaining to Finland and its people
    somu valoda ― the Finnish language
    somu literatūra ― Finnish literature
    somu arhitektūra ― Finnish architecture
    somu pirts ― Finnish bath, sauna
    somu duncis ― Finnish dagger (with short, thick blade)

Declension

Declension of soms (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) soms somi
accusative (akuzatīvs) somu somus
genitive (ģenitīvs) soma somu
dative (datīvs) somam somiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) somu somiem
locative (lokatīvs) somā somos
vocative (vokatīvs) som somi

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