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# som

noun (som — money); fragment; (Ukrainian) noun (som)

«som» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The som is the money (currency) of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan (money). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#m1)
2. (Ukrainian) «Som» (сом) means catfish, a big river fish with whiskers; it is not an English word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#m2)
3. «Som» is often a fragment of longer words like «some», «somersault» or «blossom». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths problems about other countries' money, prices may be given in som. In Ukrainian lessons, «сом» is a fish. In English you usually meet it inside «some» or «handsome».

### Examples

- In Kyrgyzstan, bread costs a few som. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x1)
- «Som» in Ukrainian means catfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x2)
- «Som» is the start of «somersault». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x3)
- We changed dollars into som at the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x4)
- The fisherman caught a huge som in the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x5)
- Don't write «som» when you mean «some». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x6)

### Note

Not a standard English word. Sounds like «som» in «sombre». Common spelling mistake: writing «som» for «some».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «som» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«som» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/som.html) on Mova free.