čoms

See also: coms and .coms

Latvian

Etymology

From English chum. Alternative historical forms: čomis, čums. First attested use — 1907.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tʃoms]

Noun

čoms m (1st declension)

  1. (colloquial) a male friend, a buddy, a pal
    tiklīdz kuģis ostā, otrā dienā jau visi “čomiņi” lapās ― as soon as the ship has entered the port (you can expect that) on the next day all the "fellows" will be gone[2]
    ar tēvu sapratāmies kā čomi ― me and my father got along (alternatively "were on the same page") like good friends ~ buddies[3]

Declension
Declension of čoms (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) čoms čomi
accusative (akuzatīvs) čomu čomus
genitive (ģenitīvs) čoma čomu
dative (datīvs) čomam čomiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) čomu čomiem
locative (lokatīvs) čomā čomos
vocative (vokatīvs) čoms čomi

Derived terms
  • čomiņš

References
  1. “čoms” in Juris Baldunčiks (1989), Anglicismi latviešu valodā (Rīga: «Zinātne») →ISBN.
  2. (1907), Jūrnieks, issue 14, page 1
  3. V. Lāms (1980), Trase, Rīga, page 42
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