שוים
־ען
דער
שאַם, שאָם

ETYMOLOGY

{Whence the NEY variant {šam}?}
MHG schûm, schoum.
Herzog suggests that the NEH vowel was formerly {au} and that the {u} offglide was assimilated by the following labial {m}.

WESTERN

Old Literary Yiddish (ca. 1100-1800)

אונ' דער שוים איז פֿאר דען מויל גלעגין — אז וויא איין פֿאס ביר דז דוא יערט.
'and the foam lay before his mouth -- like a beer barrel that is fermenting'

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

ša˰um {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

šáːm, ša˰um > šaːm {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

šɔum ~ šaˆum {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

dɩ šoˑm, šom {אויך פֿון זופּ} {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

šoum, šʲoum {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}
- šaːmɫ שײַמל

dɩ šoˑm, də šoˑm {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

šojm {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

šɔm {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}