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sam
English
Etymology 1
Acronym
Alternative forms
- SAM
Pronunciation
Noun
sam
- surface-to-air missile
Etymology 2
From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ?esamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-Germanic *samn?n? (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæm/
Alternative forms
- samen
Verb
sam (third-person singular simple present sams, present participle samming, simple past and past participle sammed)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To assemble.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
- 1905, Keighley Snowden, Princess Joyce
- I sammed it up for ye
- 1905, Keighley Snowden, Princess Joyce
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To assemble; come together.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk).
Usage notes
- Often used with together or up
Derived terms
- stand sam
- upon my sam
Etymology 3
From Middle English s?m (“together”), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).
Adverb
sam (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Together
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
- Now are they saints all in that city sam.
- a1600, The Battle of Floddon Field:
- All Sam the souldiers then replied.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
Etymology 4
From Middle English sam- (prefix), from Old English s?m- (“half-; partly; incompletely”), from Proto-Germanic *s?mi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *s?mi- (“half”). Related to semi- (via Latin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæm/
Adjective
sam (not comparable)
- (dialectal) Half or imperfectly done.
- (of food) Half-heated.
Related terms
- sammy
- sandblind
Etymology 5
Possibly from Uncle Sam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæm/
Noun
sam (plural sams)
- (slang) Federal narcotics agent.
Anagrams
- 'ams, -mas, A.M.s, AMS, ASM, M. A. S., M.A.S., M.A.s, MAS, MAs, MSA, Mas, SMA, mas, sma
Atong (India)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?am/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bodo-Garo *sam¹ (“grass”). Related to Garo samsi, Garo sam
Noun
sam (Bengali script ???)
- grass; weed
- medicine
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sam- (Bengali script ???)
- to wait
Etymology 3
Classifier
sam- (Bengali script ???)
- used with any bilateral body part, hands, eyes, etc. and also tires
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Charrua
Numeral
sam
- two
References
- El último charrúa: de Salsipuedes a la actualidad (1996)
- Idioma español y habla criolla: Charrúas y vilelas (1968)
- ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 62
Chuukese
Noun
sam
- father
Garo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sam/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bodo-Garo *sam¹ (“grass”). Related to Atong (India) sam
Noun
sam
- grass; herb
- medicine
- curry
Etymology 2
Classifier
sam
- used with any bilateral body part, hands, eyes, etc.
Further reading
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon?[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 275
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (??ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?m/
Verb
sam (imperfect jsum)
- to fast
Conjugation
- The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.
Related terms
- sawm
Min Nan
Mizo
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)sam.
Noun
sam
- hair (of the head)
- antenna (of insects)
Etymology 2
Adjective
sam
- easy, simple
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare Welsh haf), from Proto-Indo-European *sm?-h?-ó- (compare Old English sumor, Old Armenian ????? (ama?n)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?/
Noun
sam m (genitive unattested, no plural)
- summer
Inflection
Synonyms
- samrad
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 sam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
Verb
sam
- second-person singular imperative of sama
Phalura
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sam/
Adverb
sam (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)
- equally
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sam?, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sam/
Adjective
sam (not always comparable, comparative bardziej sam, superlative najbardziej sam)
- (comparable) alone, without company
- (not comparable) myself, yourself, himself, etc. (emphatic determiner, used similarly to "no other than" or "the very", as in "I myself")
- (not comparable) by oneself, alone, by own volition or power, without outside help or encouragement
Declension
Related terms
- (adjectives) samotniczy, samotny
- (nouns) samotnica, samotniczka, samotnictwo, samotnik, samotno??
Further reading
- sam in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- sam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rohingya
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
sam
- skin
Romani
Verb
sam
- first-person plural present indicative of si
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *sam?, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.
Adjective
s?m (definite s?m?, Cyrillic spelling ????)
- alone, sole
- unaided, single-handed
- absolute, very, mere, unmixed
- solitary, secluded
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *(j)esm?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ésmi.
Verb
s?m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- first-person singular present tense enclitic form of biti.
- Tu sam. — I'm here.
Silesian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?mo.
Pronoun
sam
- here
- Synonym: tukej
- hither
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sam?, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sá?m/
Adjective
s?m (not comparable)
- alone, sole
- unaided, single-handed, by oneself
Inflection
Derived terms
- sámost
- samoglásnik
- samomòr
- samostálnik
- samoróg
- samostán
Further reading
- “sam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sam/
Verb
sam
- past tense of simma.
Vietnamese
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt?aam (“crab”) (Norman & Mei, 1976; mistakenly glossed as "king crab"). However, Shorto (2006) includes no such derivation. Compare Vietnamese ?am (“field crab”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [sa?m??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?a?m??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?a?m??] ~ [sa?m??]
Noun
(classifier con) sam • (????, ????)
- a horseshoe crab
Further reading
- Proto-Austro-Asiatic ta:m "crab" at Tower of Babel Project
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *sa?m (“three”), from Middle Chinese ? (MC s?m, “three”). Cognate with Thai ??? (s?am), Northern Thai ????, Lao ??? (s?m), Lü ??? (?aam), Tai Dam ???, Shan ???? (s?am), Tai Nüa ???? (sáam), Ahom ???????? (sam), Bouyei saaml.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /?a?m??/
- Tone numbers: sam1
- Hyphenation: sam
Numeral
sam (old orthography sam)
- three
sam From the web:
- what sam sees
- what samsung phone do i have
- what samsung phone has the best camera
- what samsung phone is the best
- what samsung phones have wireless charging
- what sample rate should i record at
- what samsung tv do i have
- what samsung phones are 5g
sams
English
Noun
sams
- 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)
- wels catfish, sheatfish (a scaleless freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis)
Declension
References
Old Norse
Adjective
sams
- strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of samr
Determiner
sams
- strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of samr
sams From the web:
- what samsung phone do i have
- what samsung phone has the best camera
- what samsung phone is the best
- what samsung phones have wireless charging
- what samsung tv do i have
- what samsung phones are 5g
- what samsung phones are waterproof
- what samsung phone has the biggest screen
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