сам

From Proto-Slavic *samъ.

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сам • (sam) m

1. (definitive pronoun, emphatic) self, -self

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• Rhymes: -am

From Proto-Slavic *samъ.

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

• само- (samo-, “solo-, auto-, self-”)
• са́мец (sámec, “loner”)
• сами́чък (samíčǎk, “single, alone”)
• самота́ (samotá, “loneliness”)
  • само́тен (samóten, “lonely”)

• “сам (прил.)”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “сам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сам¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 453

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.

сам • (sam) (not comparable) (archaic or dialectal)

1. with beckoning verbs in the imperative: here, in this place

   Ела́ сам! ― Elá sam! ― Come here!

• наса́м (nasám)
• отса́м (otsám)

• “сам (нареч.)”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сам²”, in Български етимологичен речник (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. ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 118
• “яла сам бе”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007

• мас (mas)

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

сам • (sam)

1. comb

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *samъ.

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

1. alone, by oneself

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

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

1. comb

• самнах (samnax, “to comb”)

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Inherited from Proto-Mansi *šäm, ultimately from Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

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сам (sam) (Sosva, Upper Lozva, Sygva, Ob)

1. eye
2. seed

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Upper Lozva:

• Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “сам”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ , Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO

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• Hyphenation: сам

Inherited from Old Slovak sám, from Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāmas, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

сам (sam)

1. self, oneself

   сaм нє знам цо ми було ― sam nje znam co mi bulo ― I myself don't know what happened to me

сам (sam) (not comparable, abstract noun самота)

1. alone, solitary, lonely, secluded, on one's lonesome (by oneself without company)

   Synonym: осамени (osameni)

   нашол сом го самого дома ― našol som ho samoho doma ― I found him alone at home

2. alone, singlehanded (by oneself without help)

   Synonym: поєдинєчни (pojedinječni)

   мушиш сам себе помогнуц ― mušiš sam sebe pomohnuc ― you alone must help yourself

сам (sam)

1. alone (by oneself without company)
2. alone, singlehandedly (by oneself without help)

   Synonyms: без помоци (bez pomoci), поєдинєчно (pojedinječno)

сам (sam) m pers (feminine equivalent сама)

1. (nominalized) bachelor, single man (man who is not married, who lives alone)

   Synonym: самец (samec)

Inherited from Old Slovak samý.

• сами (sami) — in the nominative singular

сам (sam) (not comparable)

1. denotes spatial or temporal proximity; the very, right, oneself

   по саме шерцо ― po same šerco ― to the very heart

   вишли на сам верх гори ― višli na sam verx hori ― they went to the very top of the mountain

   биваю при самим беґелю ― bivaju pri samim begelju ― they live right next to the canal

   то було на сам Крачун ― to bulo na sam Kračun ― that was on Christmas day itself

2. emphasizes the utmost measure of a trait

   кукурица сами цирок и сама тараска ― kukurica sami cirok i sama taraska ― corn is God's own sorghum and millet

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “сам”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “сам(и)”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “alone”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 22
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “self”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 170
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “single-handed”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 281
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “solitary”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 290
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “very”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 362

• самъ (sam) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Old East Slavic самъ (samŭ), from Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāmas, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

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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.

• са́мый (sámyj)
• себя́ (sebjá), себе́ (sebé), собо́й (sobój)

• → Southern Yukaghir: сам (sam), саам (sām)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *samъ.

са̑м (Latin spelling sȃm, definite са̑мӣ)

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

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

са̏м (Latin spelling sȁm)

1. first-person singular present enclitic of би̏ти

   Ту сам. ― I'm here.

• саам (sām)

Borrowed from Russian сам (sam).

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сам (sam)

1. self, -self
   • 2007, M. I. Turpanova, Раньше, когда мы были маленькие :

     Титтэ сам иҥдьэҥитэй, - мони.

     Titte sam iŋdʹeŋitej, - moni.

     They will sew it themselves, - he said.

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

From Proto-Slavic *samъ.

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сам • (sam) m

1. (definitive pronoun, emphatic) self, -self

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сам”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka