сом

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

• IPA^(key): /sɔm/

сом • (som) m

1. sheatfish (Silurus glanis)

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

сом • (som)

1. som, Kazakh national unit of currency.
2. ruble (historically under the USSR)

сом • (som)

1. pure

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

сом • (som)

1. som, Kyrgyz national unit of currency.
2. ruble (historically under the USSR)

сом • (som)

1. pure

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

сом • (som) m

1. catfish

• IPA^(key): [som]

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

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

1. catfish, sheatfish

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

Borrowed from Kyrgyz сом (som), Uzbek сўм (so'm)

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

1. (numismatics) som, so'm

• IPA^(key): /sôm/

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)

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

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

1. catfish

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

1. som (currency)

• сом in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka