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сам
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam" and Appendix:Variations of "sam"
Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *samъ.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
сам • (sam) m
Declension
Declension of сам
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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *samъ.
Adjective
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “сам (прил.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “сам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сам¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 453
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic сѣмъ (sěmŭ), an oblique case form of сѣмо (sěmo, “here, hither”), from Proto-Slavic *sěmo. The unexpected vowel in modern Bulgarian is likely by analogy with там (tam, “there”) and its derived terms.
Adverb
сам • (sam) (not comparable) (archaic or dialectal)
- with beckoning verbs in the imperative: here, in this place
- Ела́ сам! ― Elá sam! ― Come here!
Derived terms
- наса́м (nasám)
- отса́м (otsám)
References
- “сам (нареч.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сам²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 460
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “самъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 118
- “яла сам бе”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007
Anagrams
- мас (mas)
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Kalmyk
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *sam, compare Mongolian сам (sam), Buryat һам (ham), Dongxiang san.
Noun
сам • (sam)
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *samъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
сам • (sam) (comparative посам, superlative најсам, diminutive самичок, abstract noun самотија)
- alone, by oneself
Declension
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Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *sam, compare Buryat һам (ham), Kalmyk сам (sam), Dongxiang san.
Pronunciation
Noun
сам • (sam) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠮ (sam), definite plural самнууд); (hidden-n declension)
Derived terms
- самнах (samnax, “to comb”)
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Pannonian Rusyn
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Southern Yukaghir
Ukrainian
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