different between dams vs sams

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæmz/
• Homophone: damns

Noun

dams

1. plural of dam

Verb

dams

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dam

Anagrams

• ADMs, DMSA, MADs, MDAs, SDMA, mads

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *tam? (“low; short (not tall)”). Cognate with Thai ??? (dtàm), Lao ??? (tam), Shan ????? (tàem), Ahom ???????? (tam) or ???????????? (tam), Zhuang daemq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?m??/

Adjective

dams

1. low; short (of height)

Danish

Noun

dams c

1. indefinite genitive singular of dam

French

Noun

dams ?

1. plural of dam

Swedish

Noun

dams

1. indefinite genitive singular of dam

English

Noun

sams

1. plural of sam

Anagrams

• ASMS, ASMs, MSAs, Mass, Mass., SMAs, SMSA, mass

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *šamas, from a stem *šam-, from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“stick, wood”). The semantic change (“wood” > “fish”) is due to resemblance between wels catfish, especially when asleep in water, and pieces of wood. Cognates include Lithuanian šãmas, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian ??? (som), Czech sumec (Old Czech som), Polish sum, Ancient Greek ????? (kámax, “pile, stake”) (compare Greek ?????? (kamáki, “spear, harpoon”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

sams m (1st declension)

1. wels catfish, sheatfish (a scaleless freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis)

Declension

References

Old Norse

Adjective

sams

1. strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of samr

Determiner

sams

1. strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of samr