-some
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”). Akin to Saterland Frisian -soam (“-some”), West Frisian -sum (“-some”), Dutch -zaam (“-some”), German Low German -saam (“-some”), German -sam (“-some”), Danish -som, Swedish -sam, Icelandic -samur (“-some”), Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams), -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama). Cognate with Albanian -shëm (“-some”). More at same, some.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: səm, IPA(key): /səm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: some
Suffix
[edit]-some (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -some, superlative most -some)
- (forms adjectives from nouns, verbs, and other adjectives) Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree.
- 2012, Tom Sandham, World's Best Cocktails:
- Elsewhere the blingsome silver-beveled mirrors, butterfly and lotus blossom motifs, and the occasional chaise longue make the opulence a touch on the show-off side for me, but the expenses were obviously 5-star and it's undoubtedly bespoke.
- (regional or nonstandard) Used to form adverbs from adjectives.
- I'll try and do it real quietsome.
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English -som, from a specialized use of Old English sum (“some, one”) coming after a genitive plural (e.g. hē wæs fēowertiga sum --"he was one of forty", literally "he was forties' some[one]"; sixa sum --"one of six, sixsome").
Pronunciation
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[edit]-some (noun-forming suffix, plural -somes)
- (forms nouns from numerals) Denoting a group with a certain number of members.
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[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”). For the "chromosome" sense, by analogy with chromosome.
Pronunciation
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[edit]-some (noun-forming suffix, plural -somes)
- (noun combining form) Body.
- (noun combining form) Chromosome.
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[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]From some in its "approximately" sense; more at some § Etymology.
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[edit]-some
- Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd.
- twenty-some identifiable factors affecting the outcome
- one-hundred-and-fifty-some spectators in the bleachers
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[edit]Scots
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”).
Suffix
[edit]-some
- (forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives) With nouns and verbs in an active and passive sense, implying “inclined to, full of, causing or caused by”.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English -som, from a specialized use of Old English sum (“some, one”) coming after a genitive plural.
Suffix
[edit]-some
- (forms nouns from numerals) As a suffix after cardinal numbers to denote a group, company, team, etc. of that number together or thought of as a unit.
References
[edit]- “-some, suff.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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