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Polish Nouns ending in 'um'


Eagle20Threads: 33
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Edited by: Eagle20   Mar 3, 09, 20:19 /  #
Are there any nouns that end in 'um' that are not neuter?
Or is it safe to say that all nouns ending in 'um' are neuter?

I know centrum and gimnazjum are neuter.

osiolThreads: 59
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  Mar 3, 09, 20:41 /  #
Is album masculine?
dtaylorThreads: 15
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  Mar 3, 09, 20:42 /  #
no it's neuter. In English anyway.
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Edited by: JustysiaS   Mar 3, 09, 20:42 /  #
szum is masculine
gum - genitive plural of guma which is feminine

can't really think of anything else just now but i'm sure there are more

osiol:
Is album masculine?

yes
Polonius3Threads: 963
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  Mar 8, 09, 12:26 /  #
Also: rum - rum, sum -sheathfish, bum - boom, szum - rustling, buzzing sound, chrum - grunt made by a pig
Guest   Apr 3, 09, 23:15 /  #
There are 2 more: kostium i rozum. And that's all, I'm quite sure.
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  Apr 4, 09, 05:43 /  #
lelum polelum :)
basia123   Apr 8, 09, 15:42 /  #
tłum - a crowd (masculine)
Guest   Apr 8, 09, 16:16 /  #
sum - catfish is masculine
z_dariusThreads: 22
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  Apr 8, 09, 16:25 /  #
Here's a few:

(no rules based on just the last two letters)

abditorium, absolutorium, akropodium, akwarium, akwatorium, album, alejkum, alodium, alpinarium, aluminium, aluwium, ambulatorium, antydotum, apogeum, apollonium, arboretum, archiwum, ateneum, atrium, audytorium, beneficjum, bitum, Bizancjum, bum, calendarium, centrum, Chartum, collegium, colloquium, condominium, continuum, czum, dekorum, delfinarium, delirium, dominium, dum, duraluminium, ekstremum, epitafium, Fajum, fatum, forum, fotoforum, gimnazjum, glosarium, gumoleum, herbarium, honorarium, instrumentarium, insygnium, interludium, kentum, klawicyterium, kolegium, kolokwium, koloseum, kolumbarium, kompendium, konserwatorium, konsorcjum, kostium, krematorium, kryterium, kuratorium, kuriozum, kworum, laboratorium, lawatorium, liceum, lokum, ludium, ludlum, magisterium, mauzoleum, maximum, medium, memorandum, milenium, minimum, ministerium, misterium, monstrum, moratorium, multum, muzeum, obserwatorium, oleum, opium, optimum, oranżerium, oratorium, Ossolineum, patrymonium, peryferium, petroleum, planetarium, plenum, podium, poszum, prezbiterium, prezydium, prosektorium, psalterium, purgatorium, quantum, quorum, rekwizytorium, repetytorium, rozum, rubrum, rum, sanatorium, sanktuarium, seminarium, serum, solarium, solilokwium, spektrum, studium, stypendium, sympozjum, szum, tabernakulum, technikum, terytorium, tłum, ultimatum, valium, wotum.

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