# -some
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”). Akin to Saterland Frisian -soam (“-some”), West Frisian -sum (“-some”), Dutch -zaam (“-some”), German Low German -saam (“-some”), German -sam (“-some”), Danish -som, Swedish -sam, Icelandic -samur (“-some”), Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams), -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama). Cognate with Albanian -shëm (“-some”). More at same, some.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: səm, IPA: /səm/
* Hyphenation: some

#### Suffix

-some
* (forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives) Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree.
** 2012, Tom Sandham, World's Best Cocktails:Elsewhere the blingsome silver-beveled mirrors, butterfly and lotus blossom motifs, and the occasional chaise longue make the opulence a touch on the show-off side for me, but the expenses were obviously 5-star and it's undoubtedly bespoke.

##### See also

* -less (lacking)
* -ful (having in abundance)

### Etymology 2

From Middle English -som, from a specialized use of Old English sum (“some, one”) coming after a genitive plural (e.g. hē wæs fēowertiga sum --"he was one of forty", literally "he was forties' some[one]"; sixa sum --"one of six, sixsome").

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: səm, IPA: /səm/
* Hyphenation: some

#### Suffix

-some
* (forms nouns from numerals) Denoting a group with a certain number of members.

##### Derived terms

* eightsome
* elevensome
* fivesome
* foursome
* hundredsome
* ninesome
* onesome
* sevensome
* sixsome
* tensome
* threesome
* twelvesome
* twosome

### Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: sōm, IPA: /soʊm/
* Hyphenation: some

#### Suffix

-some
* (noun combining form) Body.

##### Derived terms

* acrosome
* azotosome
* centrosome
* cephalosome
* chromosome
* connexosome
* cytosome
* endosome
* eurysome
* gonosome
* hydrogenosome
* leptosome
* liposome
* lymphosome
* lysosome
* macrosomia
* melanosome
* merosome
* mesosome
* metasome
* mitosome
* mutasome
* nectosome
* neurosome
* niosome
* nucleosome
* phagosome
* rhabdosome
* spliceosome
* trypanosome
* urosome

##### Related terms

* prosoma
* soma

#### See also

* -ome

### Etymology 4

From previous sense “body” (from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”)), by analogy with chromosome.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: sōm, IPA: /soʊm/
* Hyphenation: some

#### Suffix

-some
* (noun combining form) Chromosome.

##### Derived terms

* allosome
* autosome
* gonosome
* hexasome
* monosome
* trisome

### Etymology 5

From some in its "approximately" sense; more at some § Etymology.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: səm, IPA: /səm/
* Hyphenation: some

#### Suffix

-some
* Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd.
    twenty-some identifiable factors affecting the outcome
    one-hundred-and-fifty-some spectators in the bleachers

### Anagrams

* Meos, 'omes, OMEs, OEMs, meso-, Eoms, emos

## Scots
### Etymology 1

From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”).

#### Suffix

-some
* (forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives) With nouns and verbs in an active and passive sense, implying “inclined to, full of, causing or caused by”.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English -som, from a specialized use of Old English sum (“some, one”) coming after a genitive plural.

#### Suffix

-some
* (forms nouns from numerals) As a suffix after cardinal numbers to denote a group, company, team, etc. of that number together or thought of as a unit.

### References

* “-some, suff.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.