срам

See also: ćpam and CPAM

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sormъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sram]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -am

Noun

срам • (sram) m (relational adjective сра́мен)

1. shame, disgrace

   Synonyms: срамота́ (sramotá), позо́р (pozór)

2. (emotion) embarrassment, ashamedness

   Synonym: свян (svjan)

Declension

Declension of срам

	singular	plural
indefinite	срам sram	сра́мове, срамове́ srámove, sramové
definite (subject form)	срамъ́т sramǎ́t	сра́мовете, срамове́те srámovete, sramovéte
definite (object form)	срама́ sramá
count form	—	сра́ма sráma

Derived terms

• срамя́ (sramjá, “to ashame, to embarrass”)
• сраму́вам се impf (sramúvam se), срамя́ се pf (sramjá se, “to be ashamed”)
• сраме́ж (sraméž, “ashamement”) (obsolete)
  • срамежли́в (sramežlív, “shy”)
    • срамежли́вост (sramežlívost, “shyness”)

References

• “срам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “срам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sormъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sram]

Noun

срам • (sram) m (relational adjective срамен)

1. shame, embarrassment

Declension

Declension of срам

	singular	plural
indefinite	срам (sram)	срамови (sramovi)
definite unspecified	срамот (sramot)	срамовите (sramovite)
definite proximal	срамов (sramov)	срамовиве (sramovive)
definite distal	срамон (sramon)	срамовине (sramovine)
vocative	сраму (sramu)	срамови (sramovi)
count form	—	срама (srama)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic срамъ (sramŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sormъ. Doublet of соро́м (soróm), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sram]

Noun

срам • (sram) m inan (genitive сра́ма, uncountable)

1. shame, disgrace

   Synonyms: стыд (styd), позо́р (pozór)

Declension

Declension of срам (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	сра́м srám
genitive	сра́ма sráma
dative	сра́му srámu
accusative	сра́м srám
instrumental	сра́мом srámom
prepositional	сра́ме sráme

Derived terms

• срами́ть impf (sramítʹ), осрами́ть pf (osramítʹ), посрами́ть pf (posramítʹ), срами́ться impf (sramítʹsja), осрами́ться pf (osramítʹsja)
• срамно́й (sramnój)
• срамота́ f (sramotá), посрамле́ние n (posramlénije)
• срамосло́вие (sramoslóvije)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “срам”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sormъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /srâːm/

Noun

сра̑м m inan (Latin spelling srȃm)

1. shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling)

Declension

Declension of срам

	singular	plural
nominative	сра̑м	сра̏мови
genitive	срама	срамова
dative	сраму	срамовима
accusative	срам	срамове
vocative	сраме	срамови
locative	сраму	срамовима
instrumental	срамом	срамовима