som

From Kyrgyz сом (som) and Uzbek сўм (Cyrillic) / soʻm (Roman), both of which come from the Turkic root *som ("pure [gold]").

som (plural soms)

1. The currency of Uzbekistan.
2. The currency of Kyrgyzstan.

• sum
• soum

som

1. Obsolete spelling of some

som

1. Obsolete spelling of some

• MOS, OMS, SMO, mos, mos', oms, osm

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsom/

som

1. first-person plural present indicative form of ser

som m

1. archaic form of sumec

som

1. as (in the same way that)
2. like
3. such as
4. for

som

1. (relative) who, which, that

• IPA^(key): /sɔm/

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som f (plural sommen, diminutive sommetje n)

1. sum

• mos

From a Turkic language, compare Turkmen çüm (“cornel”), Kumyk чуm (čum, “berry”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃom]
• Hyphenation: som

som (plural somok)

1. cornel

• IPA^(key): /sɔm/

From Proto-Slavic *sòmъ; cognate with Russian сом (som), Old Polish som, Old Czech som, Polabian såm.

som m

1. catfish (fish of the order Siluriformes)

• som in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
• som in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

See the etymology of the main entry.

som

1. first-person singular present of byś

From Old Dutch sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz.

• IPA^(key): /som/

som

1. some

This determiner needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: (soms, sommige)
  • Afrikaans: (soms, sommige)
• Limburgish: zóm

• “som”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “som (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• IPA^(key): /sɔm/

som

1. as; similar to, in the same way that

• ettersom

som

1. (reflexive) who, which

som

1. as; to the same extent or degree that

From Old Norse sem.

• IPA^(key): /sɔmː/ (example of pronunciation)

som

1. as

   Han jobbar som kelner.

   He is working as a waiter.

• ettersom

som

1. (reflexive) who, which, that

   Dette er bilen som eg kjøpte.

   This is the car that I bought.

   Det var den mannen som kom.

   That was the man who came.

From Old Norse sumr. Akin to English some.

• sum (now nonstandard)

• IPA^(key): /sʊmː/ (example of pronunciation)

som m (feminine som, neuter somt, plural somme)

1. some

   Somt av det er nytt, resten er gamalt.

   Some of it is new, the rest is old.

• “som” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Portuguese son (probably influenced by or possibly borrowed from Old Occitan son), sõo, from Latin sonus. Alternatively, regressively derived from the verb soar. Compare Galician and Spanish son.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsõ/
• Hyphenation: som
• Rhymes: -õ

som m (plural sons)

1. sound

• soar

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:som.

• IPA^(key): /sôm/

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

sȍm m (Cyrillic spelling со̏м)

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.

sȍm m (Cyrillic spelling со̏м)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔm/

som

1. first-person singular present of byť

From Old Swedish som or sum, in Runic inscriptions also sim, same as Icelandic sem, from Old Norse sem, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”), also related to the prefix sam- (“co-, common, together”) and suffix -sam (“-some, -like”). Still in the Poetic Edda, the Icelandic sem is only used as a comparative particle, e.g. Hávamál 23 allt er víl sem var (And his woe is just as it was). With time it has displaced other relative conjunctions (es, er). Its use as a pronoun is of a later date.

• IPA^(key): /sɔm/

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som

1. as, like; similar to

   Flitig som ett bi.

   Busy as a bee.

   Hon lät som en häst.

   She sounded like a horse.

2. as; in the same way that

   Som du önskar.

   As you wish.

• lugn som en filbunke
• som man bäddar får man ligga

som

1. (relative) who, which, that

   Det var hon som gjorde det.

   She is the one who did it.

   Det där är stenen som kraschade rutan.

   That’s the stone that broke the window.

2. as; to the same extent or degree that

   Du är inte lika lång som jag är.

   You are not as tall as I am.

   Du är inte lika lång som jag.

   You are not as tall as me.

• som in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• somon

From French saumon.

som (definite accusative somu, plural somlar)

1. salmon