šuma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "suma"

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Probably related to шу̑м (“noise, buzz”). A parallel may then be drawn to the onomatopoeic origin of Proto-Slavic *gajь (“forest”).

Otherwise, according to P. Skok,[1] the term may alternatively be of paleo-Balkan origin (Illyrian or Thracian); he draws connection with Albanian proshëm, prozhëm (“small wood, community forest”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃûma/
  • Hyphenation: šu‧ma

Noun

šȕma f (Cyrillic spelling шу̏ма)

  1. forest, woods
Declension
Declension of šuma
singular plural
nominative šȕma šume
genitive šume šȗmā
dative šumi šumama
accusative šumu šume
vocative šumo šume
locative šumi šumama
instrumental šumom šumama
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “šuma” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

šuma (Cyrillic spelling шума)

  1. genitive singular of šum

References
  1. Skok, Petar (1972) “šuma”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 422
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