"-some" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [English]

IPA: /səm/
enPR: səm Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-som}} Middle English -som, {{m|enm|-sum}} -sum, {{inh|en|ang|-sum|t=same as; -some}} Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-sam}} Proto-West Germanic *-sam, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-samaz}} Proto-Germanic *-samaz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*samaz|t=same}} Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), {{cog|stq|-soam|t=-some}} Saterland Frisian -soam (“-some”), {{cog|fy|-sum|t=-some}} West Frisian -sum (“-some”), {{cog|nl|-zaam|t=-some}} Dutch -zaam (“-some”), {{cog|nds-de|-saam|t=-some}} German Low German -saam (“-some”), {{cog|de|-sam|t=-some}} German -sam (“-some”), {{cog|da|-som}} Danish -som, {{cog|sv|-sam}} Swedish -sam, {{cog|is|-samur|t=-some}} Icelandic -samur (“-some”), {{cog|got|-𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃}} Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams), {{m|got|-𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰}} -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama), {{cog|sq|-shëm|t=-some}} Albanian -shëm (“-some”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -some, {{en-suffix}} -some
  1. (forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives) Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -less (english: lacking), -ful (english: having in abundance)
    Sense id: en--some-en-suffix--SC3dn2W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [English]

IPA: /səm/
enPR: səm Etymology: 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"). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-som}} Middle English -som, {{der|en|ang|sum|t=some, one}} Old English sum (“some, one”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -some, {{en-suffix}} -some
  1. (forms nouns from numerals) Denoting a group with a certain small number of members. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--some-en-suffix-lF9wUulK Derived forms: eightsome, elevensome, fivesome, foursome, ninesome, onesome, sevensome, sixsome, tensome, threesome, twelvesome, twosome
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [English]

IPA: /soʊm/
enPR: sōm Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tewh₂-}}, {{bor|en|grc|σῶμα|t=body}} Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -some, {{en-suffix}} -some
  1. (noun combining form) Body. Tags: in-compounds, morpheme, noun Related terms: prosoma, soma, -ome
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix [English]

IPA: /soʊm/
enPR: sōm Etymology: From previous sense “body” (from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”)), by analogy with chromosome. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|σῶμα|t=body}} Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”), {{m|en|chromosome}} chromosome Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -some, {{en-suffix}} -some
  1. (noun combining form) Chromosome. Tags: in-compounds, morpheme, noun Derived forms: allosome, autosome, hexasome, monosome, trisome
    Sense id: en--some-en-suffix-xM6JurUU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Suffix [English]

IPA: /səm/
enPR: səm Etymology: From some in its "approximately" sense; more at some § Etymology. Etymology templates: {{m|en|some}} some Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -some, {{en-suffix}} -some
  1. Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--some-en-suffix-vwiwQ-g4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 13 18 13 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Suffix [Scots]

Etymology: From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|-som}} Middle English -som, {{m|enm|-sum}} -sum, {{inh|sco|ang|-sum|t=same as; -some}} Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*-samaz}} Proto-Germanic *-samaz, {{der|sco|gem-pro|*samaz|t=same}} Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”) Head templates: {{head|sco|suffix}} -some
  1. (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”. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--some-sco-suffix-YC3w~7fe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Scots]

Etymology: From Middle English -som, from a specialized use of Old English sum (“some, one”) coming after a genitive plural. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|-som}} Middle English -som, {{der|sco|ang|sum|t=some, one}} Old English sum (“some, one”) Head templates: {{head|sco|suffix}} -some
  1. (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. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--some-sco-suffix-f7waZM3y Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -some meaning in All languages combined (11.7kB)

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          "text": "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.",
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          "word": "cephalosome"
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          "word": "eurysome"
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          "word": "gonosome"
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          "word": "hydrogenosome"
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          "word": "leptosome"
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          "word": "liposome"
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        {
          "word": "lymphosome"
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        {
          "word": "lysosome"
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        {
          "word": "macrosomia"
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          "word": "melanosome"
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          "word": "rhabdosome"
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          "word": "trypanosome"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "sco",
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        "3": "*samaz",
        "t": "same"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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    }
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}

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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "ang",
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}
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "German Low German -saam (“-some”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "German -sam (“-some”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish -som",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "-sam"
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      "expansion": "Swedish -sam",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
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      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic -samur (“-some”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "-𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "-𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰"
      },
      "expansion": "-𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama)",
      "name": "m"
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        "2": "-shëm",
        "t": "-some"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian -shëm (“-some”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "cat3": "",
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        "id": ""
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      "expansion": "-some",
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      "word": "-ful"
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        [
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        "(forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives) Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree."
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      ],
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      "enpr": "səm"
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}

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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "word": "eightsome"
    },
    {
      "word": "elevensome"
    },
    {
      "word": "fivesome"
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    {
      "word": "foursome"
    },
    {
      "word": "ninesome"
    },
    {
      "word": "onesome"
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    {
      "word": "sevensome"
    },
    {
      "word": "sixsome"
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    {
      "word": "tensome"
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    {
      "word": "threesome"
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    {
      "word": "twelvesome"
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    {
      "word": "twosome"
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -som",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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        "(forms nouns from numerals) Denoting a group with a certain small number of members."
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        "forms nouns from numerals"
      ],
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      ]
    }
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  "categories": [
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "word": "acrosome"
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    {
      "word": "azotosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "centrosome"
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    {
      "word": "cephalosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "chromosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "connexosome"
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    {
      "word": "cytosome"
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    {
      "word": "endosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "eurysome"
    },
    {
      "word": "gonosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "hydrogenosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "leptosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "liposome"
    },
    {
      "word": "lymphosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "lysosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "macrosomia"
    },
    {
      "word": "melanosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "merosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "mesosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "metasome"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "neurosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "niosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "nucleosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "phagosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "rhabdosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "spliceosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "trypanosome"
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    {
      "word": "urosome"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "grc",
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”)",
      "name": "bor"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "-some",
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        "(noun combining form) Body."
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    {
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "word": "allosome"
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    {
      "word": "autosome"
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    {
      "word": "hexasome"
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    {
      "word": "monosome"
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    {
      "word": "trisome"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "chromosome"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "suffix",
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        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
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        "(noun combining form) Chromosome."
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    {
      "ipa": "/soʊm/"
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    {
      "enpr": "sōm"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "some",
      "name": "m"
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        {
          "text": "one-hundred-and-fifty-some spectators in the bleachers"
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        "Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd."
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        [
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    {
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      "enpr": "səm"
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}

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  "categories": [
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots suffixes",
    "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
    "Scots terms derived from Old English",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Middle English -som",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”).",
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "With nouns and verbs in an active and passive sense, implying “inclined to, full of, causing or caused by”."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inclined",
          "inclined"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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”."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-some"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots suffixes",
    "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
    "Scots terms derived from Old English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-som"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -som",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sum",
        "t": "some, one"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sum (“some, one”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -som, from a specialized use of Old English sum (“some, one”) coming after a genitive plural.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-some",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "As a suffix after cardinal numbers to denote a group, company, team, etc. of that number together or thought of as a unit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cardinal",
          "cardinal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "forms nouns from numerals"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-some"
}

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