сам

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam" and Appendix:Variations of "sam"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *samъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sam]
  • (file)

Pronoun

сам (sam) m

  1. (definitive pronoun, emphatic) self: (я...) myself, (ты...) yourself, (ён...) himself, (яна...) herself, (яно...) itself, (мы...) ourselves, (вы...) yourselves, (яны...) themselves

Adverb

сам (sam)

  1. even: (я...) I even..., (ты/вы...) you even..., (ён...) he even..., (яна...) she even..., (яно...) it even..., (мы...) we even..., (яны...) they even...

Declension

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *samъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sam]

Adjective

сам (sam) (adverb са́мо)

  1. alone, by oneself
  2. the very ..., the ... himself/herself/itself
    на сами́я край
    na samíja kraj
    at the very end
    сама́та жена́ дойде́
    samáta žená dojdé
    the woman herself came

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • сам in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • сам in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sam, compare Mongolian сам (sam), Buryat һам (ham), Dongxiang san.

Noun

сам (sam)

  1. comb

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *samъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sam]

Adjective

сам (sam) (comparative посам, superlative најсам, diminutive самичок, abstract noun самотија)

  1. alone, by oneself

Declension

Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *śilmä[1]. Cognates include Khanty сем (sem), Hungarian szem, Finnish silmä and Estonian silm.

Noun

сам (sam)

  1. eye
  2. seed

References

  1. Entry #964 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sam, compare Buryat һам (ham), Kalmyk сам (sam), Dongxiang san.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sam/

Noun

сам (sam) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠮ (sam), definite plural самнууд); (hidden-n declension)

  1. comb

Derived terms

  • самнах (samnax, to comb)

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *samъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sam]
  • (file)

Pronoun

сам (sam) m (neuter само́, feminine сама́, plural са́ми)

  1. (definitive pronoun, emphatic) self, -self
    Я сам э́то ви́дел
    Ja sam éto vídel
    I saw it myself.
    Само́ госуда́рство так реши́ло
    Samó gosudárstvo tak rešílo
    The State itself has so decided.

Declension

Descendants

  • Southern Yukaghir: сам (sam)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *samъ.

Adjective

са̑м (definite са̑мӣ, Latin spelling sȃm)

  1. alone, sole
  2. the very
  3. unaided, single-handed
  4. absolute, mere, unmixed
  5. solitary, secluded
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *(j)esmь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-.

Verb

са̏м (Latin spelling sȁm)

  1. first-person singular present enclitic of би̏ти
    Ту сам.I'm here.

Southern Yukaghir

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сам (sam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsam/

Pronoun

сам (sam)

  1. self, -self
    • 2007, M. I. Turpanova, Раньше, когда мы были маленькие [Before, when we were little]:
      Титтэ сам иҥдьэҥитэй, - мони.
      Titte sam iŋdʹeŋitej, - moni.
      They will sew it themselves, - he said.

References

  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 26

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *samъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sam]
  • (file)

Pronoun

сам (sam) m

  1. (definitive pronoun, emphatic) self: (я сам, сама́) myself, (ти сам, сама́) yourself, (він сам) himself, (вона́ сама́) herself, (воно́ само́) itself, (ми сами́, самі́) ourselves, (ви сами́, самі́) yourselves, (вони́ сами́, самі́) themselves

Declension

Further reading

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