сум

See also: sum, сүм, сӯм, and сўм

Belarusian

Etymology 1

Ukrainian сум (sum, literally “sadness”). сума, сумно (sadly), Russian сумно (sumno, literally “doubtful”), Polish sum,sumny < East Slavic, compare Slovene sȗm, sȗmnja (suspicion), Serbo-Croatian сумња (literally “doubt”)

Noun

сум • (sum) m inan (genitive су́му, uncountable)

1. boredom, sadness, sorrow
   • 1924, Вячаслаў Вячаслававіч Адамовіч, Магіла Касінскага, часопіс «Грамадзкі голас».
   • Сум не́йкі апанава́ў мяне́ і сьлёзы са́мі сабо́й каціліся з маіх вачэ́́й.
     • Some kind of sadness filled me and tears rolled out of my eyes by themselves.

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	сум sum
genitive	су́му súmu
dative	су́му súmu
accusative	сум sum
instrumental	су́мам súmam
locative	су́ме súmje

Synonyms

• туга

Etymology 2

Noun

сум • (sum)

1. genitive plural of сума (suma)

References

• “сум” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2010), “сум”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 13 (су- – трапка́ч), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 38

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esmь. Compare Latin sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sum]

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• Rhymes: -um

Verb

сум • (sum) impf or pf

1. (intransitive) to be
2. (intransitive) to be wrong with

Usage notes

• The dependent form is specific to this verb only and is basically a second present form that is used in compound forms, such as the future, the да-construction, etc. It is analogous to the dependent present form of perfective verbs and its presence in the conjugation of "сум" is due to suppletion.

Conjugation

Conjugation of сум (imperfective, perfective)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	бидел	бил	adjectival partc.	—
feminine	бидела	била	adverbial partc.	бидејќи
neuter	бидело	било	verbal noun	—
plural	биделе	биле
	present	imperfect	dependent	imperative
1st singular	сум	бев	бидам	—
2nd singular	си	беше	бидеш	биди
3rd singular	е	беше	биде	—
1st plural	сме	бевме	бидеме	—
2nd plural	сте	бевте	бидете	бидете
3rd plural	се	беа	бидат	—
Compound tenses
perfect	сум бил		present of сум + imperfect l-participle
pluperfect	—		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
future	ќе бидам		ќе + dependent
future in the past	ќе бев		ќе + imperfect
future reported	ќе сум бидел		ќе + imperfect l-participle
conditional	би бил		би + imperfect l-participle

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu)
Cyrillic
сум (sum)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”), compare Kalmyk сумн (sumn), Dongxiang sumu.

The sense 'district' arose during the Qing dynasty as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /sʊm/, [so̙m]

Noun

сум • (sum); (hidden-n declension)

1. arrow, projectile, bullet
2. sum (sometimes somon, sumon or sumu) (the second-level civil administrative unit in the Mongolian governance system)

Derived terms

• нум сум (num sum)
• нэг сумаар хоёр туулай буудах (neg sumaar xojor tuulaj buudax)

Descendants

• → Buryat: сомон (somon)
  • → Russian: сомо́н (somón)
    • → English: somon
• → English: sum
• → Mandarin: 蘇木／苏木 (sūmù)
  • → English: sumu
• → Tuvan: сумон (sumon)
  • → Russian: сумо́н (sumón)
    • → English: sumon

See also

• аймаг (ajmag), ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ (ayimag)
• баг (bag)
• нум (num)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sum]

Noun

сум • (sum) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of сума́ (sumá)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Related to су́мнів (súmniv, “doubt”). Compare Slovene súm (“suspicion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sum]

Noun

сум • (sum) m inan (genitive су́му, uncountable)

1. sadness

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	сум sum
genitive	су́му súmu
dative	су́мові, су́му súmovi, súmu
accusative	сум sum
instrumental	су́мом súmom
locative	су́му, су́мі súmu, súmi
vocative	су́ме súme

Derived terms

• сумни́й (sumnýj)
• сумува́ти impf (sumuváty)

 

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сум”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 473
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “сум”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сум”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka