šum

See also: sum, súm, -sum, and шум

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *šumъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃum]
• Hyphenation: šum
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

šum m inan

1. noise (sound or signal generated by random fluctuations)

Derived terms

• bílý šum m

Related terms

• šumět
• šumný m

Further reading

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Phalura

Etymology

From Urdu شوم (śūm), from Arabic شُؤْم (šuʔm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕum/

Adjective

šum (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling شُم)

1. stingy

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “šum”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *šumъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃûːm/

Noun

šȗm m (Cyrillic spelling шу̑м)

1. noise (sound or signal generated by random fluctuations)

Declension

Declension of šum

	singular	plural
nominative	šȗm	šúmovi
genitive	šuma	šumova
dative	šumu	šumovima
accusative	šum	šumove
vocative	šume	šumovi
locative	šumu	šumovima
instrumental	šumom	šumovima

Derived terms

• šȗman
• šúmēćī
• šúmiti
• šúmjeti

• šȗmnīk
• šȗmno
• šȕmor

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *šumъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃum]

Noun

1. noise (sound or signal generated by random fluctuations)

Declension

Declension of šum

	singular	plural
nominative	šum	šumy
genitive	šumu	šumov
dative	šumu	šumom
accusative	šum	šumy
locative	šume	šumoch
instrumental	šumom	šumami

Related terms

• šumieť
• šumný

References

• “šum”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *šumъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃúːm/

Noun

šȗm m inan

1. noise

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	šúm
gen. sing.	šúma
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	šúm	šúma	šúmi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	šúma	šúmov	šúmov
dative (dajȃlnik)	šúmu	šúmoma	šúmom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	šúm	šúma	šúme
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	šúmu	šúmih	šúmih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	šúmom	šúmoma	šúmi

Further reading

• “šum”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran