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Belarusian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic тамо (tamo), from Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
там • (tam)
- there
See also
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic тамо (tamo), from Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
там • (tam) (not comparable)
- there (in or at that place)
- Antonym: тук (tuk)
Derived terms
References
- “там”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “там”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “там”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 787
Anagrams
Kazakh
Noun
там • (tam) (nominative plural тамдар)
- (dated) dugout, house, home
- tomb, grave
Declension
Synonyms
Mongolian
Etymology
From Old Uyghur (tamu), itself borrowed from an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temH-.
Noun
там • (tam) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠠᠮᠤ (tamu))
- hell
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic тамо (tamo), from Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
там • (tam)
- there
- Antonyms: тут (tut), здесь (zdesʹ)
- (colloquial) used to reference another topic in a list; next, then, else
- Synonyms: потом (potom), затем (zatem), впоследствии (vposledstvii)
2010 October 6, Николай Мороз [Nikolay Moroz], Мы умирали за героин и нефть... (армейская, гитара) [We've been dying for heroin and oil... (army song, guitar)]:Но что там на повестке дня
Вчера прошли Афганистан
Сегодня наша цель Чечня- No što tam na povestke dnja
Včera prošli Afganistan
Sevodnja naša celʹ Čečnja - But what's next on today's agenda
Afghanistan passed yesterday
Our goal is Chechnya today
Particle
там • (tam)
- Filler word, generally before or after stating some example or quality that required thought to find the best word(s)
- На него́ есть, там, поло́ски. ― Na nevó jestʹ, tam, polóski. ― It has, you know, stripes on it.
- То есть, ты, наприме́р, мог непра́вильно сказа́ть, там: «Я зову́т». ― To jestʹ, ty, naprimér, mog neprávilʹno skazátʹ, tam: «Ja zovút». ― So, for example, you could incorrectly say, you know, "Я зовут".
See also
Anagrams
Southern Altai
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm). Cognate with Kazakh дәм (däm), Kyrgyz даам (daam), Bashkir тәм (təm), Tatar тәм (täm), Turkmen tagam, Uzbek taʻm, Uyghur تەم (tem), etc.
Noun
там • (tam)
- taste
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “там”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic тамо (tamo), from Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
там • (tam)
- there
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