сором

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic соромъ (soromŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sormъ. Doublet of срам (sram), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Alternative forms

• соро́мъ (soróm) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɐˈrom]

Noun

соро́м • (soróm) m inan (genitive соро́ма, uncountable)

1. (regional or dated) shame, disgrace

Declension

Declension of соро́м (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	соро́м soróm
genitive	соро́ма soróma
dative	соро́му sorómu
accusative	соро́м soróm
instrumental	соро́мом sorómom
prepositional	соро́ме soróme

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сором”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• со́ромъ (sórom) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsorəm]

Noun

со́ромъ • (sórom) m inan

1. instrumental singular of сор (sor)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic соромъ (soromŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sormъ. Doublet of срам (sram), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔrɔm]

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Noun

со́ром • (sórom) m inan (genitive со́рому, uncountable)

1. shame
2. disgrace

Declension

Declension of со́ром (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	со́ром sórom
genitive	со́рому sóromu
dative	со́ромові, со́рому sóromovi, sóromu
accusative	со́ром sórom
instrumental	со́ромом sóromom
locative	со́рому, со́ромі sóromu, sóromi
vocative	со́роме sórome

Derived terms

• безсоро́мний (bezsorómnyj)
• соро́митися impf (sorómytysja)
• соромли́вий (soromlývyj)
• со́ромно (sóromno)

 

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сором”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “сором”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)