-som
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "som"
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
Alternative forms
- -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
| Person | Emphatic suffixes |
|---|---|
| 1 sg. | -se, -sa |
| 2 sg. | -siu, -so, -su |
| 3 sg. m.n. | -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam |
| 3 sg. f. | -si |
| 1 pl. | -ni, -nai, -sni |
| 2 pl. | -si |
| 3 pl. | -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam |
| 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. | |
Old Irish emphatic suffixes
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-som m inan
Declension
Declension of -som
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- -som in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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