шума

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃu̟mɐ]

шу́ма • (šúma) f

1. (collective) foliage (often fallen and in the autumn), leaves, greenery, verdure

   Тя идваше към мен, като газеше шума до колене.

   Tja idvaše kǎm men, kato gazeše šuma do kolene.

   She came towards me, stepping on knee-high fallen leaves.

• муша (muša)

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃuma]

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• Hyphenation: шу‧ма

шума • (šuma) f (plural шуми, relational adjective шумски, diminutive шумичка or шумиче, augmentative шумиште)

1. forest, woods

• гора f (gora)
• планина f (planina)

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂumə]

шу́ма • (šúma) m inan

1. genitive singular of шум (šum)

Probably related to шу̑м (“noise, buzz”). A parallel may then be drawn to the onomatopoeic origin of Proto-Slavic *gajь (“forest”).

Otherwise, according to P. Skok,^[1] the term may alternatively be of paleo-Balkan origin (Illyrian or Thracian); he draws connection with Albanian proshëm (“wood”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃûma/
• Hyphenation: шу‧ма

шу̏ма f (Latin spelling šȕma)

1. forest

• “шума”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “шума”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2025