сом

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

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сом • (som) m

1. sheatfish (Silurus glanis)

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сом (som) (Surgut)

1. fish scale

• Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects‎, University of Munich
• Volkova, A. N., Solovar, V. N. (2018) “сом”, in Хантыйско-русский тематический словарь (сургутский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Thematic Dictionary (Surgut dialect)]‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: РГПУ имени А.И. Герцена, →ISBN, page 200

Akin to Chechen стом (stom).

сом • (som)

1. fruit

As a unit of currency, the Turkic root *som literally means pure, implying pure gold.

сом • (som)

1. solid, dense
2. pure

сом • (som)

1. som (national unit of currency in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan)
2. (historical) ruble (under the USSR)

As a unit of currency, the Turkic root *som literally means pure, implying pure gold.

сом • (som) (Arabic spelling سوم)

1. som (national unit of currency in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan)
2. (historical) ruble (under the USSR)

сом • (som) (comparative , superlative , Arabic spelling سوم)

1. pure

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *somъ.

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сом • (som) m (diminutive сомче)

1. catfish

• сомиште n (somište)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔm/
• Syllabification: сом (1 syllable)

сом • (som)

1. (dialectal) wooden fermentation bucket

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сом (som) (Kazym)

1. fish scale

• Solovar, V. N. (2014) “сом”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)]‎, Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 283

Inherited from Old Slovak som, from Proto-Slavic *esmь. Cognate with Slovak som.

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Hyphenation: сом

сом (som)

1. first-person singular indicative present of буц (buc)

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *somъ.

сом • (som) m anim (genitive сома́, nominative plural сомы́, genitive plural сомо́в)

1. catfish, sheatfish
   • 1939, “Рыба. Отварная рыба. Белуга отварная”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва, Ленинград: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):

     Белу́гу и другу́ю кра́сную ры́бу, а та́кже сома́ лу́чше вари́ть це́лым куско́м и ре́зать на по́рции пе́ред пода́чей на стол.

     Belúgu i drugúju krásnuju rýbu, a tákže somá lúčše varítʹ célym kuskóm i rézatʹ na pórcii péred podáčej na stol.

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• сомообра́зные pl (somoobráznyje)
  • со́мовые pl (sómovyje)

Borrowed from Kyrgyz сом (som), Uzbek сўм (soʻm)/soʻm.

сом • (som) m inan (genitive со́ма, nominative plural со́мы, genitive plural со́мов)

1. (numismatics) som, so'm

• IPA^(key): /sôm/

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *somъ.

со̏м m (Latin spelling sȍm)

1. catfish

The origins of this term are unclear. Possibly because som (catfish) is a big fish. Others believe it is due to the 1000 dinar banknotes of 1955, on which the person depicted appears to have two fish eyes (instead of welding goggles) on his head.

со̏м m (Latin spelling sȍm)

1. (colloquial) grand (a thousand of something, especially but not only money)

As a unit of currency, the Turkic root *som literally means pure, implying pure gold.

сом • (som)

1. statue, contour, form

сом • (som)

1. unbroken, hard

• V. verbickij, editor (1884), “сом”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN, page 305
• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “сом”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
• Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, columns 562, 563

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From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

сом • (som) m animal (genitive со́ма, nominative plural со́ми, genitive plural со́мів)

1. catfish

сом • (som) m inan (genitive со́ма, nominative plural со́ми, genitive plural со́мів)

1. som (currency)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сом”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “сом”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “сом”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “сом”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)