soms

See also: SOMS, SOMs, SoMs, Soms, and söms

English

Noun

soms

  1. plural of som

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch soms, from Middle Dutch soms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔms/
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

soms

  1. sometimes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch soms, ultimately from the root of sommige (some) with the suffix -s.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /sɔms/
  • Hyphenation: soms
  • Rhymes: -ɔms

Adverb

soms

  1. sometimes
  2. (in questions) maybe, perhaps
    Ben je soms bang?
    Maybe you're scared?

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: soms
  • Negerhollands: som
  • West Frisian: soms

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *soomi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sūōms]

Noun

soms m (1st declension, feminine form: somiete)

  1. a Finn, a Finnish man
    tikties ar somiemto meet with Finns
  2. (genitive plural) Finnish, pertaining to Finland and its people
    somu valodathe Finnish language
    somu literatūraFinnish literature
    somu arhitektūraFinnish architecture
    somu pirtsFinnish bath, sauna
    somu duncisFinnish dagger (with short, thick blade)

Declension

Declension of soms (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative soms somi
genitive soma somu
dative somam somiem
accusative somu somus
instrumental somu somiem
locative somā somos
vocative som somi