som
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som
or dil.ie/38431Forms:
som, sum, sam, sem, sium, atcomlasom, asbeirsom, doibsem, asrubartsum, sesum, gníthisium, sluindithsem, donucsum, menmasam, som, sum, sam, ndálsom, theglach-sum, marat- sam, som, sem, seom, sim, sium, siom, laissom, raithsium, mbuaidseom, sessem, sesim, siom, laisiom, som, hésom, hesom, seatsom, éseom, é-sium, sesim, sesom, iat-som, iat-sum, iad-sam, errusom, airriusom, cucisom, cuci-sium, cuigi-sem, cuccusom, chuca-sum, desom, desium, dib- sium, dosom, dossom, dosom, do-sum, doibsom, doibsem, doibsem, doaibsem, doib-sium, doibsiom, doib- sim, foirsom, fairsom, foirsem, fairsium, forrusom, foraib- sem, forrasum, frissom, frissim, frissium, friusom, indsom, andsom, annsom, indibsom, indibsem, immi-sium, lessom, lesom, lessem, laissem, laisem, leissem, laisiom, laisim, leisim, lessium, leosom, leusom, leosom, leo-sum, muir- som, huadsom, uaidibsom, huadibsem, uaidibsium, aigisium, aco-sum, aca-samh, remisium, rompa-som, tritsom, triitsom, tremitsium
emphasizing particle 3 s. masc. and neut. and 3 pl. of all
genders. Initial never lenited, see
Thurn. Gramm. § 231
(6).
Forms:
som
is the usual form in the O.Ir. Glosses, though
sum, sam are occasionally found. A special form after palatals
sem is very rare in the older glosses and does not become
common until Sg.; sium occurs a few times in Ml.: atcomlasom,
Wb. 25b16
. asbeirsom,
4d17
. doibsem,
28d19
. asrubartsum,
Ml. 43d1
. sesum,
32a5
. gníthisium,
30b20
. sluindithsem,
Sg.
30a2
. donucsum,
Tur. 39
. a menmasam
,
Thes. ii 293.15
.
Later
som
, sum, sam are found after non-palatal endings:
a ndálsom
,
Fél. Oct. 28
. a theglach-sum
,
TBC 5973
. marat-
sam,
Ériu iii 148 § 3
;
som
, sem, seom, sim, sium, siom after a
palatal: laissom,
Mon. Tall. 3 (128.9)
. dia raithsium
,
Fél. Ep.
165
. a mbuaidseom
,
Sept. 2
. sessem,
Mon. Tall. 5 (129.12)
.
sesim,
19 (134.4)
. bui siom
,
60 (149.18)
. laisiom,
85 (162.10)
.
In Early Mod.Ir. it is unusual to find
som
after a palatal
ending.
Usage:
(a) With pronouns: hésom,
Wb. 2b9
. hesom,
7c8
.
ol seatsom
,
Ml. 19d2
. éseom,
MU² 1036
. é-sium,
TBC 1744
.
sesim,
Mon. Tall. 19 (134.4)
. sesom,
6 (129.30)
. iat-som
,
PH
515
. iat-sum,
2590
. iad-sam,
TTebe 3913
.
(b) Emphasizing the pronominal element in possessives: a
montar som inso this is his household,
Wb. 7c5
. tria hesséirge-
som
,
2d8
. delb a baissom,
24a8
. trea naslachsom,
30c14
. a
soiradsom `their deliverance',
Ml. 30b18
. iarna cétbuidsem
`according to their opinion',
Sg. 40a15
. indilsi a seoitsom,
Laws
ii 290.21
. am rathsa dia raithsium I am a surety for his grace,
Fél. Ep. 165
. ro lámair a nguinsom who has dared to slay them,
Prol. 58
. iarna saethur gairsom `after their short labour',
59
.
fora muimesium,
Trip.² 156
. dotháod día accaldim som
,
Mon. Tall. 2 (127.15)
. tara sharugud-sumh,
Lism. L. 3087
.
ina chomdail-sim,
St. Ercuil 289
. Emphasizing a partitive
genitive: is ball didiu cachháe som
`each of them then is a
member',
Wb. 27b8
.
(c) Emphasizing the subject of the copula: mad fochriccsom,
Wb. 2b26
. is primitsom,
13b24
. it domini som
,
13a23
. amal
as firiansom,
22a24
. bid maidsom,
5d39
. duaidbetar ata
firiensom `they are shewn to be just',
Ml. 30b2
. condat anman
som
,
Sg. 188b3
. is tualaing som forgell for cach recht,
Laws i
78.19
. ní tiamdae timsom `He is not slow or feeble',
Fél. Prol.
259
. it soirseom `they are noble',
Sept. 2
. is glan-som uile,
PH
5262
. When the pred. is qualified by a defining gen.
som
precedes the latter: rombo descipulsom apstal `that he was a
disciple of apostles',
Wb. 18d1
. ar ropo eola som na huile
fetarlice `for he was skilled in the whole Old Testament',
30c17
.
(d) Emphasizing the subject of active verbs: is hed ón
saigessom `this is what he aims at',
Wb. 22a3
. in dóinecht
araróit som
,
4b19
. ni ceilsom,
4d16
. ished tinfetsom,
4b4
.
amal bete som
,
9c10
. arna arróimatsom `lest they should re-
ceive',
14d37
. intan asmbeirsom,
34d5
. in soirad donerchanat-
som ar thuus the deliverance that they prophesy at first,
19b11
.
asbeir sem,
Sg. 39a25
. conétet som
,
197b17
. air in testimni
donucsum riam,
Tur. 39
. fuachaidsem,
Thes. ii 293.22
. ro
aemustairsom sin,
Laws i 6.17
. dodíussaig-som
,
Trip.² 157
.
téitsium ass,
TBFr. 215
. an cein marat-sam,
Ériu iii 148 § 3
.
(e) Suffixed to active verbs with infixed or suffixed pron.,
and emphasizing either the pronoun or the subject of the
verb: atcomlasom he joins himself,
Wb. 25b16
. atbeirsom he
says it,
27c18
. nosnguidsom `he beseeches them',
25b9
. danuic-
som
,
Ml. 38c4
. nisgaib som lius `no disgust seizes them',
34b6
.
cach roda-ortsom `everyone who has killed them',
Fél. Prol. 57
.
ma danetarredsom dagmenme,
Mon. Tall. 40 (143.4)
. gníthi-
sium fadesin `he makes himself',
Ml. 30b20
. in .xxx. pater . . .
gaibthussom eidi `he sings them',
Mon. Tall. 30 (138.29)
.
gabtisom `he sings it',
31 (140.2)
.
(f) Emphasizing the subject of passive verbs: airmither-sum
ar athair dona huile iressachaib,
PH 5689
. ni foruaisligter-
som o nach mod,
5869
. cia moltar-som o dóinib,
6078
.
(g) With conjugated prepositions: errusom,
Wb. 11a29
.
airriusom,
Sg. 4a8
. cucisom,
Wb. 9d14
. cuci-sium,
Sc.M² 1
.
cuigi-sem,
ML² 1259
. cuccusom,
Wb. 14d30
. chuca-sum,
PH
6655
. desom,
Ml. 22d19
,
38c9
. desium,
Hib. Min. 371
. dib-
sium,
ML² 1912
. dosom,
Wb. 1b5
,
9c10
,
14d37
. dossom,
6d10
,
9d8
. dosom,
Sg. 148a6
. do-sum,
St. Ercuil 551
. doibsom,
Wb.
13b11
. doibsem,
28d19
. doibsem,
Sg. 40a15
. doaibsem,
50a3
.
doib-sium,
Sc.M² 3
. doibsiom,
Mon. Tall. 64 (152.30)
. doib-
sim,
ML² 1575
. foirsom,
Wb. 8c1
. fairsom,
7c4
. foirsem,
Sg.
209b12
. fairsium,
Sc.M² 10 R
. forrusom,
Wb. 9c10
. foraib-
sem,
Sg. 207a8
. forrasum,
PH 5031
. frissom,
Wb. 5d39
.
frissim,
Mon. Tall. 24 (136.14)
. frissium,
PH 97
. friusom,
Wb. 20c5
. indsom,
Wb. 4d6
. andsom,
13b31
.
Sg. 197b1
.
annsom,
Fél. Prol. 260
. indibsom,
Wb. 16c4
. indibsem,
Sg.
5a4
. immi-sium,
TBC 981
. lessom,
Wb. 3d5
. lesom,
Sg. 5a10
.
lessem,
77b6
. laissem,
149b4
. laisem,
158b6
. leissem,
10a11
.
laisiom,
Mon. Tall. 64 (152.29)
. laisim,
2 (127.16)
. leisim,
57
(148.20)
. lessium,
PH 5160
. leosom,
Wb. 2b3
. leusom,
Sg.
5b42
,
Ml. 33b3
. leosom,
Sg. 28a18
. leo-sum,
ML² 1107
. muir-
som
,
Fél. Prol. 60
(mar). huadsom,
Ml. 19c5
. uaidibsom,
Wb.
9d14
. huadibsem,
Sg. 156a2
. uaidibsium,
PH 4353
. aigisium,
Sc.M² 4 R
. aco-sum,
PH 90
. aca-samh,
TTebe 817
. remisium,
TBFr. 252
. rompa-som
,
PH 256
. tritsom,
Wb. 27c2
. triitsom,
26a20
. tremitsium,
PH 2153
. See also 6 sa, sin, so.