šámes

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See also: sames and same's

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שמשׂ (shames).

Pronunciation

Noun

šámes m anim

  1. (Judaism) shamash (a sexton in a synagogue)

Declension

Declension of šámes (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative šámes šámesové
genitive šámesa šámesů
dative šámesovi, šámesu šámesům
accusative šámesa šámesy
vocative šámese šámesové
locative šámesovi, šámesu šámesech
instrumental šámesem šámesy

Further reading

  • “šames”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “šames”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
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