Bulgarian

Noun

сом • ‎(som) m

1. sheatfish (Silurus glanis)

Inflection

Kazakh

Etymology

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

Noun

сом • ‎(som)

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

Adjective

сом • ‎(som)

1. pure

Kyrgyz

Etymology

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

Noun

сом • ‎(som)

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

Adjective

сом • ‎(som)

1. pure

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Noun

сом • ‎(som) m

1. catfish

Inflection

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [som]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Noun

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

1. catfish, sheatfish

Declension

Related terms

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. (numismatics) som, so'm

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sôm/

Noun

со̏м m ‎(Latin spelling sȍm)

1. catfish

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *somъ.

Noun

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

1. catfish

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

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

1. som (currency)

Declension

References

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