sam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

English

Etymology 1

Acronym

Alternative forms

Acronym

sam

  1. Surface-to-air missile

Etymology 2

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“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

Verb

sam (third-person singular simple present sams, present participle samming, simple past and past participle sammed)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To assemble.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
  3. (transitive, Britain dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
    • Snowden (1893)
      We sammed together all we could find.
  4. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To assemble; come together.
  5. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk).
Usage notes
Derived terms
  • stand sam
  • upon my sam

Etymology 3

From Middle English sām (“together”), from Old English sāmen (“together”), form Proto-Germanic *samana (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).

Adverb

sam (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Together

Etymology 4

From Middle English sam- (prefix), from Old English sām- (“half-; partly; incompletely”), from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- (“half”). Related to semi- (via Latin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sæm/

Adjective

sam (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) Half or imperfectly done.
  2. (of food) Half-heated.

Etymology 5

Possibly from Uncle Sam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sæm/

Noun

sam (plural sams)

  1. (slang) Federal narcotics agent.

Anagrams

Charrua

Numeral

sam

  1. two

References

  • El último charrúa: de Salsipuedes a la actualidad (1996)
  • Idioma español y habla criolla: Charrúas y vilelas (1968)
  • Čestmír 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

  1. father

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)sam.

Noun

sam

  1. hair (of the head)
  2. antenna (of insects)

Etymology 2

Adjective

sam

  1. easy, simple

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare Welsh haf), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó- (compare Old English sumor, Old Armenian ամառն (amaṙn)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saṽ/

Noun

sam m (genitive unattested, no plural)

  1. summer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
sam ṡam unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “1 sam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s̪ãm]
  • audio(file)

Adjective

sam m (not always comparable, comparative bardziej sam, superlative najbardziej sam)

  1. (comparable) alone, without company
  2. (not comparable) myself, yourself, himself, etc. (emphatic determiner, used similarly to "no other than" or "the very", as in "I myself")
  3. (not comparable) by oneself, alone, by own volition or power, without outside help or encouragement

Declension

Further reading

  • sam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

sam

  1. skin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

Adjective

sȃm (definite sȃmī, Cyrillic spelling са̑м)

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *(j)esmь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi.

Verb

sȁm (Cyrillic spelling са̏м)

  1. first-person singular present tense enclitic form of biti.
    Tu sam. — I'm here.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsáːm/
  • Tonal orthography: sȃm

Adjective

sám (not comparable)

  1. alone, sole
  2. unaided, single-handed, by oneself

Declension

Derived terms

Tai Dam

Tai Dam cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : sam

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *saːm (“three”), from Middle Chinese 三 (MC sɑm, “three”). Cognate with Lao ສາມ (sām), Lü ᦉᦱᧄ (ṡaam), Shan သၢမ် (sǎam), Thai สาม (sǎam).

Numeral

sam

  1. three

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) sam (𧏰, 𧓰)

  1. a horseshoe crab
    đuôi sam
    a horseshoe crab's tail; a braid/plait

Zhuang

Zhuang cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : sam

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *saːm (“three”), from Middle Chinese 三 (MC sɑm, “three”). Cognate with Lao ສາມ (sām), Lü ᦉᦱᧄ (ṡaam), Shan သၢမ် (sǎam), Thai สาม (sǎam).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θaːm˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: sam1
  • Hyphenation: sam

Numeral

sam (old orthography sam)

  1. three
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