szum

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Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schaum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃum/
  • Rhymes: -um
  • Syllabification: szum

Noun

szum m inan (diminutive szëmka or szumk)

  1. foam

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “šum”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 221
  • Sychta, Bernard (1972) “šum”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 5 (S – T), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 306
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “piana”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “piana”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • szum”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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szum

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʂum/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -um
  • Syllabification: szum
  • Homophone: Szum

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish szum, from Proto-Slavic *šumъ.

Noun

szum m inan

  1. sough, noise
  2. noise (unwanted part of a signal)
  3. hype
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Schaum.

Noun

szum m inan

  1. scum (layer of impurities on the surface of liquid)
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nouns
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Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

szum

  1. second-person singular imperative of szumieć

Further reading

  • szum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • szum in Polish dictionaries at PWN