Noun: soma
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Gender:
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | soma |
| Accusative | somu |
| Genitive | somas |
| Dative | somai |
| Instrumental | somu |
| Locative | somā |
| Vocative | soma |
Plural
| Nominative | somas |
| Accusative | somas |
| Genitive | somu |
| Dative | somām |
| Instrumental | somām |
| Locative | somās |
| Vocative | somas |
Sample Sentences
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pasta soma (mail bag)
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medību soma ((hunting) game bag)
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skolas soma (satchel, school bag)
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iepirkumu soma (shopping bag)
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ceļa soma, ceļasoma (suitcase (lit. travelling bag))
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rokas soma, rokassoma (purse (lit. hand bag))
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mugursoma (backpack, knapsack, rucksack)
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ķengura soma (kangaroo pouch)
Nouns inflected like soma
tulkošana,
secība,
sezona,
saruna,
sajūta,
samaņa,
smarža,
skudra,
sklēra,
muļķība,
pirmdiena,
bebrāda,
skaudība,
kaklarota,
psihiatrija,
vīksna,
vīnoga,
izmaksa,
sešpaka,
melnaugļu aronija, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic сума (suma) (compare Russian сума́ (sumá)), itself borrowed (via Polish) from Old High German soum (“burden”) (compare German Saum), from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma) (whence also Latin sagma, sauma (“burden saddle, burden”)). The borrowing happened in the 13th century, when Old East Slavic у was still pronounced as [oː]. The word soma is first attested in 17th-century dictionaries with meanings such as “bread sack”, “bag”, “travel bag”. See: German Nouns '
Saum', Ancient Greek Nouns '
σάγμα', Latin Nouns '
sagma'.
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