tam

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

tam (plural tams)

  1. A tam o'shanter, a tall knit wool cap traditionally associated with Scotland.
    • 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, Chicago Reader:
      Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.

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tam

  1. teeming, full

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  • Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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tam

  1. there (in or at that place or location)
  2. there (to or into that place)

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From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

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tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

  1. tame, not wild
  2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

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Declension of tam
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial tam tammer  
neuter
singular		 indefinite tam tammer
definite tamme tammere tamste het tamst(e)
common singular tamme tammere tamste de tamste
plural tamme tammere tamste de tamste
partitive tams tammers  


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tam

  1. taste

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tam

  1. precisely, exactly

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tam (not comparable)

  1. so, to such an extent

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[edit] Rafsi

tam

  1. Rafsi of tarmi.

[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *tamaz, whence also Old High German zam, Old Norse tamr

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tam

  1. tame

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tam (not comparable)

  1. there

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tam

  1. there

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tam

  1. there

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

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tam

  1. tame (not wild)

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Declension of tam
Inflections of
tam		 Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular		 Common tam tamare tamast
Neuter tamt
Definite
singular		 Masc. tame tamaste
All tama tamaste
Plural tama tamaste

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tam

  1. there

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Etymology

From Sino-Vietnamese 三

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tam

  1. three

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