[sōm], m. a kind of plant.
[←OIA sṓma- m. ʻthe soma plant and its juiceʼ RV., sōmā- f. ʻthe plantʼ lex. <√su ‘press out’ ◀PIE *seu-, seʷǝ- : sū- ‘juice; liquid’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. sip, soak, sop, suck, sup ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. soup, succulent, suction ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0700; (Turner, 1966) 13608, p.776; (MW, 1899) 1249, 1219; (Pokorny, 1959) 0912; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.748, 2.713
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