Sumy

See also: sumy, сумы, Суми, and Сумы

English

Sumy Oblast

Sumy Raion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsuːmɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsumi/
• Hyphenation: Su‧my

Etymology 1

Transliterations of Ukrainian Су́ми f inan pl (Súmy, “Sumy”, literally “Sumas”) and Russian Су́мы f inan pl (Súmy, “Sumy”, literally “Sumas”).

Proper noun

Sumy

2. A city and municipal administrative centre in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, on the Psel river.
4. A raion of Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Seat: Sumy.
6. An oblast in northern Ukraine. Seat: Sumy.
   • 2025 April 23rd, Torsten Heinrich, “Trump wants Ukraine’s Capitulation. He won’t get it. Ukraine SITREP”, in Military & History, via YouTube, 4:21–4:37:

     We switch to the developments along the front line and, uh, the Ukrainians are reporting that the Russians do reconnaissance forces… send reconnaissance forces over the border in Chernihiv, in Sumy, as well as in Kharkiv, so basically along the whole northern border.

Synonyms

province

• Sumshchyna
• Sumy Oblast

Translations

city

• Arabic: سُومِي f (sūmī)
• Armenian: Սումի (Sumi)
• Belarusian: Су́мы f pl (Súmy)
• Bulgarian: Су́ми m (Súmi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇梅 / 苏梅 (Sūméi)

• Dutch: Soemy n
• French: Soumy (fr) f
• Georgian: სუმი (ka) (sumi)
• German: Sumy n
• Greek: Σούμι (Soúmi)
• Hungarian: Szumi (hu)
• Japanese: スームィ (Sūmwi)
• Korean: 수미 (ko) (Sumi)
• Marathi: सूमी (sūmī)
• Polish: Sumy (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: Sumy
• Russian: Су́мы (ru) f pl (Súmy)
• Ukrainian: Су́ми (uk) f pl (Súmy)

oblast

• Belarusian: Су́мская во́бласць f (Súmskaja vóblascʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇梅 / 苏梅 (Sūméi)

• Marathi: सूमी (sūmī)
• Polish: Obwód sumski m
• Russian: Су́мска́я о́бласть (ru) (Súmskája óblastʹ)
• Ukrainian: Су́мська́ о́бласть (uk) f (Súmsʹká óblastʹ)

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Sumy

1. A diminutive of the female given name Sumaya.

Anagrams

• Yums

Polish

Katowice

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Су́ми (Súmy)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mɘ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -umɘ
• Syllabification: Su‧my

Proper noun

Sumy nvir pl (related adjective sumski)

1. Sumy (a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Sumy

	plural
nominative	Sumy
genitive	Sum
dative	Sumom
accusative	Sumy
instrumental	Sumami
locative	Sumach
vocative	Sumy

Further reading

• Sumy in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mi/

Proper noun

Sumy ?

1. Sumy (a city and municipal administrative centre in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, on the Psel river)
2. Sumy (a raion of Sumy Oblast, Ukraine)
3. Sumy (an oblast in northern Ukraine)