šuma

See also: suma, sumá, sumã, and sumă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Probably related to šȗm (“noise, buzz”). According to P. Skok, the term may alternatively be of paleo-Balkan origin (Illyrian or Thracian). He draws connection with Albanian proshem (“wood”). However the native origin is confirmed by the onomatopoeic origin of Proto-Slavic *gajь (“forest”), so at most it is a phono-semantic matching of substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃûma/
• Hyphenation: šu‧ma

Noun

šȕma f (Cyrillic spelling шу̏ма)

1. forest, woods

Declension

Declension of šuma

	singular	plural
nominative	šȕma	šume
genitive	šume	šȗmā
dative	šumi	šumama
accusative	šumu	šume
vocative	šumo	šume
locative	šumi	šumama
instrumental	šumom	šumama

Derived terms

• šȕmār
• šumárak
• šumàrija

• šȕmostepa
• šumòvit
• šȕmskī