sam

See also Appendix:Variations of "sam"

English

Etymology 1

Acronym

Alternative forms

• SAM

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 *samnōnan (“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.

Alternative forms

• samen

Verb

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

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To assemble.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) (of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
3. (transitive, UK dialectal) (of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
4. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To assemble; come together.
5. (transitive, UK, dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk).

Usage notes

• Often used with together or up

Derived terms

• stand sam
• upon my sam

Adverb

sam (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) together
   • Spenser

     Now are they saints in all in that city sam.

Etymology 3

Possibly from Uncle Sam

Noun

sam (plural sams)

1. (slang) Federal narcotics agent.

Anagrams

• AMS, MAS, MAs, mas, MSA

---

Lojban

Rafsi

sam

1. rafsi of skami.

---

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *tsam

1. hair

Adjective

1. easy

Reference

• Matisoff, James A., Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman, University of California Press.

Old Irish

Noun

sam m

1. summer

Synonyms

• samrad

---

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [s̪ãm]

• audio

  (file)

Pronoun

sam

1. alone
2. (him-, her-, its-, one-, my-, your-) self
3. by (him-, her-, its-, one-, my-, your-) self

---

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

Declension

    indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sam	sama	samo
genitive		sama	same	sama
dative		samu	samoj	samu
accusative	inanimate animate	sam sama	samu	samo
vocative		sam	sama	samo
locative		samu	samoj	samu
instrumental		samim	samom	samim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sami	same	sama
genitive		samih	samih	samih
dative		samim(a)	samim(a)	samim(a)
accusative		same	same	sama
vocative		sami	same	sama
locative		samim(a)	samim(a)	samim(a)
instrumental		samim(a)	samim(a)	samim(a)

    definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sami	sama	samo
genitive		samog(a)	same	samog(a)
dative		samom(u/e)	samoj	samom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	sami samog(a)	samu	samo
vocative		sami	sama	samo
locative		samom(e/u)	samoj	samom(e/u)
instrumental		samim	samom	samim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sami	same	sama
genitive		samih	samih	samih
dative		samim(a)	samim(a)	samim(a)
accusative		same	same	sama
vocative		sami	same	sama
locative		samim(a)	samim(a)	samim(a)
instrumental		samim(a)	samim(a)	samim(a)

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 form of biti.